Estimated glomerular filtration rate in clinical practice: Consensus positioning of the Brazilian Society of Nephrology (SBN) and Brazilian Society of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (SBPC/ML)
ABSTRACT Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents one of today’s main public health problems. Serum creatinine measurement and estimation of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) are the main tools for evaluating renal function. There are several equations to estimate GFR, and CKD-EPI equation (Chroni...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia
2024-04-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Nephrology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002024000300801&tlng=pt |