A Summary of the Latest Population Health Management Journalby
JaanS
: Comparison of renal replacement therapy and mortality using 1 versus 2 estimated glomerularfiltrationrates... found that when when physicians ordered an ‘estimated glomerularfiltrationrate’ (eGFR)and found evidence of chronic kidney...
Simple model predicts those at r ...by
Dr. Rubens D.
, the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities trial and the Cardiovascular Health Study, which together total 14,155 men and women aged 45 years or older. All of the participants had a glomerularfiltrationrate exceeding 60...
Can proteins in the blood pr ...by
Dr. Rubens D.
Independent of GlomerularFiltrationRate" will appear online on December 15, 2011, doi... by the kidneys' filtrationrate, but this is difficult to measure. Therefore, blood levels of a protein called...
Bad medicine or an opportunity to integrateby
Dr. Donal O'DonoghueGlomerularfiltrationrate (eGFR) and the subsequent risk of stroke. The overall risk of stroke was 40...
60 mils/min per 1.73m2
Maximum estimated Glomerularfiltrationrate that is associated...
Diagnosis
... our doctor may use a blood test called the estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR).
The Glomerular Filtrat ... » Read on
Treatment
... om their blood. One blood test, called the estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR), measures how many milliliters (ml) of wa ... » Read on