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)

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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Main Authors: Gianna Mastroianni Kirsztajn, Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior, Artur Quintiliano Bezerra da Silva, Hugo Abensur, João Egídio Romão Junior, Marcus Gomes Bastos, Viviane Calice-Silva, Lilian Pires de Freitas do Carmo, Tainá Veras de Sandes-Freitas, Patrícia Ferreira Abreu, Bruna Dolci Andreguetto, Luiz Gustavo Ferreira Cortes, Maria Gabriela de Lucca Oliveira, Luisane Maria Falci Vieira, José A. Moura-Neto, Adagmar Andriolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia 2024-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
Subjects:
Kidney Function Tests
Creatinine
Glomerular Filtration Rate
Diagnostic Tests
Cystatin C
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Race Factors
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002024000300801&tlng=pt

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