The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is a blood test to assess kidney function. The formula for calculating eGFR takes the patient’s body size, age, and sex into account to predict how well ...

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 ...

Each kidney contains hundreds of thousands of tiny filtering units called nephrons. When some are damaged, the remaining nephrons quietly take on more work. This compensation can continue for years ...

A parliamentary committee proposes mandatory kidney function tests for adults aged twenty and above. High-risk individuals ...

A new Karolinska study says age matters when reading your kidney numbers.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with an eGFR below the 25th percentile of distribution for their age and sex had greater risks for ...

Should adults over 20 get kidney tests every six months? Here is what the parliamentary panel recommended and who may need ...

Diabetes-related nephropathy is a potential complication of diabetes. Tests to help screen for nephropathy include urine protein tests, imaging tests, kidney biopsy, and glomerular filtration rate. A ...

Chronic renal failure (CRF), also known as chronic kidney disease (CKD), is categorized into five stages based on how effectively the kidneys function, which is determined through blood and urine ...

Government dialysis programme records 37.6 million sessions for 2.95 million beneficiaries, but experts say totals fail to ...

A race-specific algorithm designed to assess kidney function for individuals awaiting transplants jeopardized critical treatment for some Black Americans. An exclusive report by the Associated Press ...

A year after guidelines were revised to remove the use of race in eGFR, many labs and pathologists were still relying on the dangerously outdated version of the test. In recent years, the medical ...