Reporting the eGFR and Its Implication for CKD Diagnosis : Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (original) (raw)
Commentaries in Response to Controversies in Nephrology
Reporting the eGFR and Its Implication for CKD Diagnosis
*Department of Nephrology, Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, Honolulu, Hawaii; and †Department of Medicine, Nancy-Universite[Combining Acute Accent], Nancy, France
Correspondence: Dr. Rossini Botev, Department of Nephrology, Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, 3288 Moanalua Road, Honolulu, HI 96819. Phone: 808-432-8050; Fax: 808-432-8051; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract
The process of diagnosing chronic kidney disease using the estimated GFR involves several pitfalls. The estimated GFR laboratory report should be requested only by practitioners who are familiar with how to interpret the result. Until a more reliable method is available to estimate the GFR, the current chronic kidney disease classification should be revised by reducing the central role of the GFR cutoff levels.
Copyright © 2008 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
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