Impact of ‘Black Race’ Coefficient in eGFR on Our Community and Medical Education
Introduction: The use of race in estimation of glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) started a critical national conversation on numerous areas of medicine touched by racism; with a call for removal of race from calculation of eGFR. We scrutinized use of ‘Black race’ coefficient in MDRD eGFR calculation...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Karger Publishers
2023-07-01
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Series: | Kidney & Blood Pressure Research |
Online Access: | https://beta.karger.com/Article/FullText/531854 |