Race-Based Disease Scores: Good for One, Not For The Other
About a year ago, the National Kidney Foundation updated the formula for calculating the estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) by eliminating the race-criteria because it was found that the race-based algorithm incorporating GFR is delaying diagnosis and treatment of worsening chronic kidney disease (CKD). In a report published last week in the Journal of the … Read more