Serum creatinine-based eGFR used alone overestimates kidney function and can lead to inaccurate dosing of medications in patients with cancer. Among patients with cancer receiving renally cleared ...

(HealthDay News) — Use of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) rather than serum creatinine (sCr) can expand metformin eligibility, according to a study published in the November issue of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers identified a correlation between eGFR and urine albumin-creatinine ratio with structural brain ...

A prospective cohort study found that in patients with chronic kidney disease, large differences in their glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) based on cystatin C vs creatinine were associated with risk ...

This study has three key findings. First, although metformin use has increased in the past decade for treatment of the general population with type 2 diabetes, it remains underused among individuals ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Overall, 9,654 patients died of cardiovascular events and 841 died due to kidney failure in the study. Counting ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Last summer, a city policeman came to my door. My doctor had been unable to contact me with the results of a recent blood test and called the police. The policeman handed me a card ...

HOUSTON -- Two commonly used kidney function tests had a large degree of disagreement and were linked with serious health outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a ...

MISSION HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A medical test for kidney function that adjusts its results for race is coming under increased scrutiny. Experts are saying the results for African-American ...