Understanding the eGFR.(Practice Issues in Nephrology Nursing: Focus on...

Nephrology Nursing Journal;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the sole marker for kidney function. MDRD Equation There are different methods to determine...Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation. Of these two equations, the NKF, the...Society of Nephrology (ASN) recommend the MDRD equation. The MDRD equation is ...

Estimation of Glomerular Filtration Rate by Use of Beta-Trace Protein

Clinical Chemistry;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......significantly (BTP formula, r = 0.866 vs MDRD equation, r = 0.863). Both equations overestimated...2^ vs the mean GFR estimated by the MDRD equation, which was 45.3 (95% CI, 41.1-49.6...0.00 1 for both] . The bias of the MDRD equation was somewhat lower than that of the...

Identifying patients at risk of chronic kidney disease.(Letters to the...

American Family Physician;  November 15, 2007 ;     627 words ......statement is well founded; however, the MDRD equation has not been validated for use in drug...estimating creatinine clearance, whereas the MDRD equation may perform better at the estimation...determine populations in which the MDRD equation may better approximate true GFR, because...

Cystatin C eGFR May Offer No Advantage Over Creatinine eGFR using MDRD...

Clinical Chemistry;  June 1, 2006 ;     468 words ......Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation. NKDEP hopes that this will allow patients...cystalin C may perform better than the MDRD equation using creatinine. Both these studies...calculated the crealinine eGFR with the MDRD equation (Ann Int Med 130:461-470, 1999) and...

Estimating Glomerular Filtration Rate From Serum Creatinine in the General...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Modification of Diet in Renal Diseases (MDRD) equation is limited by the most fundamental...Thus, it is conceivable that the MDRD equation overdiagnoses CKD. In an attempt to...risk of CKD.2,3 Although the current MDRD equation may have limitations, it is essential...

Cardiovascular Risk Linked to Chronic Kidney Disease-But Who Actually Has...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation to estimate the burden of reduced kidney...function in the general population. The MDRD equation is a statistical model that predicts...mL/min per 1.73 m^sup 2^.11 With the MDRD equation, 4% of the general population (25...

Drug dosing in older patients with chronic kidney disease.(Letters to the...

American Family Physician;  December 15, 2007 ;     606 words ......Cockcroft-Gault equation and the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation are valuable and relatively accurate for approximating a...knowledge of ideal body weight, and the developers of the MDRD equation caution against using it in older patients and in those with...

Living donor's remaining kidney functions well.(Nephrology)

Internal Medicine News;  September 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......donors with multiple serum creatinine measurements by estimating the value with the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation. The nearly all-white cohort had an average age of 45 years. During a median follow-up of 4.5 years, estimated GFR rose an...

Drug dosing adjustments in patients with chronic kidney disease.(Drug...

American Family Physician;  May 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......a GFR lower than 60 mL per minute per 1.73 [m.sup.2], the MDRD equation has been shown to be superior to the Cockcroft-Gault equation...not represent normal renal function in older patients. The MDRD equation has been shown to be the best method for detecting a GFR...

A kidney-heart connection: experts issue advisory encouraging kidney...

Men's Health Advisor;  November 1, 2006 ;     180 words ......screened using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation, a formula that uses gender, age and other patient information...creatinine, a test of kidney function. Doctors can apply the MDRD equation to a blood sample to detect kidney disease in CVD patients...

Initial Problems with introducing eGFR results to GP practices - a...

Clinical Chemistry;  June 1, 2006 ;     296 words ......decision was taken to apply only a sex correction factor to the 4 variable Modification of Diet in Renal Disease study (4-v MDRD) equation. Creatinine results from patients seen at GP surgeries between 1st August and 30th November 2005 were included in the analysis...

Notable Steps in Obtaining Improved Estimates for Glomerular Filtration...

Clinical Chemistry;  February 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......by Cockcroft and Gault (4), which produces absolute GFR values in mL/min, and the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation, which produces relative GFR values in mL . min^sup -1^ . (1.73 m^sup 2^)^sup -1^ (3, 5). Although both prediction equations...

Use of the Centaur TnI-Ultra Assay for Detection of Myocardial Infarction...

Clinical Chemistry;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......filtration rate (eGFR) was calculated using the National Kidney Disease Education Program Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation (mL/min/1.73 m2) based on plasma creatinine, age, sex, and whether African American. Plasma was initially stored refrigerated...

URINARY EXCRETION OF FLUORESCENT ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCTS (AGES) IN...

The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......serum levels averaged 0.8 0.2, and exceeded 1.5 g/dL in only one subject; creatinine clearance was calculated through the MDRD equation (12). Diagnosis of diabetes was based on clinical history of longterm treatment with diet, oral antidiabetic agents or insulin...

Chronic kidney disease: prevention and treatment of common complications.

American Family Physician;  November 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......formulas for estimating GFR in patients with stable chronic kidney disease are the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation and the Cockcroft-Gault equation (Table 2). (6-8) Proteinuria is another marker of kidney injury. It is measured in a timed...