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MARCH 28, 2022

Task force pushing for more balanced equations

Time to Switch To Race-Free eGFR Renal Test?

Originally published by our sister publication, Pharmacy Practice News


By David Wild
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Wendy St. Peter, PharmD

Using a race-free version of the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration serum creatinine (CKD-EPIcr 2021) equation to assess kidney function will help reduce racial and ethnic inequalities in kidney disease management, nephrology pharmacists said during the 2021 annual meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), held