An expert task force on Thursday released a new and much-anticipated approach for diagnosing kidney function, saying there is no need for controversial algorithms that consider race in the assessment ...

HOW TO TAKE THE POST-TEST: To obtain CME credit, please click here after reading the article to take the post-test on myCME.com. Clinical assessment of kidney function is central to the practice of ...

Disagreement between creatinine and cystatin C kidney tests signals a much higher risk of serious disease and death, ...

Diagnostic criteria and special considerations of nephrologists when assessing patient kidney function and diagnosing chronic kidney disease. Neil B. Minkoff, MD: We already started talking a little ...

Living kidney donation necessitates rigorous pre‐donation evaluation to ensure donor safety and optimise postoperative outcomes. A critical component in this process is the accurate assessment of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers successfully integrated a physical frailty assessment into routine screening for kidney transplant ...

With kidney disease on the rise worldwide, we asked the nation's top specialists to share the early signs of the condition.

NORFOLK, Va. — It was Valentine's Day in 2020 when Stanley Norris of Hampton planned to take his wife, Patsy Williams-Norris, out to dinner. But he became winded and started struggling to breathe. The ...

The TGFR System enables kidney function assessment at the point of care by measuring the clearance rate of Lumitrace ® (relmapirazin), a non-radioactive, non-iodinated fluorescent GFR agent. The TGFR ...

There are a variety of differences among markers and clearance methods for GFR measurement compared with the classic method of inulin clearance. However, the bias appears relatively small, and ...