Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Older adults may have hyperfiltration with normal glomerular filtration rate calculation. GFR calculation may be ...

I recently took a call from a new practitioner. She had an 85-year-old diabetic, non-insulin-dependent female with a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of 45 mL/min/1.73 m 2. The practitioner asked if ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers recommend using cystatin C in older adults to predict measured glomerular filtration rate. More ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 73-year-old female. A recent blood test returned an eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) of 59. My physician’s nurse told me that the test was normal. When I asked her ...

The SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin (Jardiance) reduced the risk of creatinine increases and acute kidney injury (AKI) even in those with an early dip in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), ...

Understanding your creatinine levels is important for monitoring kidney function. When you go for your yearly check-up, you’ll likely have a routine blood test for creatinine. In some cases, your ...

Large international study confirms the importance of albuminuria in risk assessment. Current race-free kidney function equations and albuminuria measurements accurately predict the risk for 10 ...