This study found that the recent change to remove race from the calculation of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) may incorrectly label potential donors who are Black as having chronic kidney ...

GFR can be measured or estimated but both of these approaches to assess kidney function have drawbacks when applied to epidemiologic studies of the population prevalence of CKD Failure to apply the >3 ...

A systematic review found that alternative approaches to calculating estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) were worth looking into to properly account for diversity in populations. A review ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A racially biased formula kept thousands of Black Americans off the kidney transplant waitlist list. Channel 9 first told you about this last month and showed you how hospitals had to ...

Black kidney transplant patients are now receiving medical reparations for flaw in the eGFR formula that's used to estimate kidney function. There's a special kind of patience someone waiting for a ...