Journal article
Individual patient variability with the application of the kidney failure risk equation in advanced chronic kidney disease
Abstract
The Kidney Failure Risk Equation (KFRE) predicts the need for dialysis or transplantation using age, sex, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), and urine albumin to creatinine ratio (ACR). The eGFR and ACR have known biological and analytical variability. We examined the effect of biological and analytical variability of eGFR and ACR on the 2-year KFRE predicted kidney failure probabilities using single measure and the average of repeat …
Authors
McCudden C; Akbari A; White CA; Biyani M; Hiremath S; Brown PA; Tangri N; Brimble S; Knoll G; Blake PG
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 13, No. 6,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0198456
ISSN
1932-6203