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KEY POINTS For many years, the universally used equation for estimating risk of kidney disease (the kidney function estimate, Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration [CKD-EPI] equation), included an adjustment for Black race that led to an upward correction in estimated glomerular
A reckoning in medicine has upended the use of race in calculating kidney function, spurring institutional change.
Researchers found that measuring levels of a protein called cystatin C can accurately estimate kidney function without needing to take race into account.
Jordan Crowley was born with only one shrunken kidney to clean his blood. As he gets older, his one kidney gets sicker. Jordan is now 18, loves dogs, and is more interested in telling me about his college classes than the fact that he was recently hospitalized for seizures, a complication of his illness. He’ll need a kidney transplant soon. He would be closer to getting that kidney transplant, if only he were categorized as white. A patient’s level of kidney disease is judged by an estimation of glomerular filtration rate, or eGFR, which normally sits between 90 and 120 in a patient with ...
Health Logic Interactive Announces Appointment of Scientific Advisory Board Members and First Virtual Meeting News provided by Share this article Health Logic Interactive Inc. (" Health Logic" or the " Company") (TSXV: CHIP.H) (OTCPK: CHYPF) is pleased to announce the addition of new members to its Scientific Advisory Board (" SAB") including nephrology specialists Dr. Adeera Levin from the University of British Columbia, Dr. Lesley Inker of Tufts Medical Center, and Dr. Susan Quaggin of Northwestern University. Drs. Levin, Inker and Quaggin have a wealth of experience in chronic kidney disea...