Diagnostic Excellence: eGFR Toolkit Resources

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 1 link

• Kidney Disease Surveillance System

Healthy People 2030 1 link

• Chronic Kidney Disease

United States Renal Data System (USRDS) 10 links

• US Kidney Disease Statistics
• 2023 Interactive Annual Data Report
• 2022 Interactive Annual Data Report
• 2021 Interactive Annual Data Report
• 2020 Interactive Annual Data Report
• US Renal Data System 2023
• US Renal Data System 2022
• US Renal Data System 2021
• US Renal Data System 2020
• US Renal Data System 2019

Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) 2 links

• CKD Evaluation and Management – KDIGO
• KDIGO 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease

National Kidney Foundation (NKF) 6 links

• Frequently Asked Questions about GFR Estimates
• Clinician Tools
• Laboratory Implementation of the NKF-ASN Task Force Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Diseases
• eGFR Calculator
• Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease Risk Calculator
• eGFR Calculator App

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) 1 link

• eGFR Calculators for Adults & Pediatrics

MDCalc 1 link

• CKD-EPI Equations for GFR

Kidney Failure Risk Equation 1 link

• The Kidney Failure Risk Equation

American Heart Association 1 link

• PREVENT Online Calculator

National Kidney Foundation 3 links

• Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR)
• Try the New eGFR Calculator

UpToDate 1 link

• Patient education: Chronic kidney disease (Beyond the Basics)

• Hidden in Plain Sight – Reconsidering the Use of Race Correction in Clinical Algorithms (NEJM)
• Impact of Healthcare Algorithms on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Healthcare
• OPTN Board approves elimination of race-based calculation for transplant candidate listing
• Race, Health Care Algorithms, and Precision Health Equity

American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) 3 links

• Measurement and Estimation of GFR for Use in Clinical Practice: Core Curriculum 2021
• Serum creatinine levels in the US population: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
• Comparison of cross-sectional renal function measurements in African Americans with hypertensive nephrosclerosis and of primary formulas to estimate glomerular filtration rate

Annals of Internal Medicine 1 link

• A More Accurate Method To Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate from Serum Creatinine: A New Prediction Equation

Circulation 2 links

• Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association
• Novel Prediction Equations for Absolute Risk Assessment of Total Cardiovascular Disease Incorporating Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Clinical Biochemistry 1 link

• An investigation of enzymatic creatinine interference in a patient receiving dopamine and dobutamine

Clinical Chemistry 3 links

• An Update on Reported Adoption of 2021 CKD-EPI Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Equations | Clinical Chemistry
• National Kidney Foundation Laboratory Engagement Working Group Recommendations for Implementing the CKD-EPI 2021 Race-Free Equations for Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate: Practical Guidance for Clinical Laboratories
• Reporting Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) for Adults | Chemistry Resource Committee

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN) 1 link

• Precision in GFR Reporting Let’s Stop Playing the Race Card

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 1 link

• Multinational Assessment of Accuracy of Equations for Predicting Risk of Kidney Failure

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) 3 links

• Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Diseases: An Interim Report from the NKF-ASN Task Force
• A Unifying Approach for GFR Estimation: Recommendations of the NKF-ASN Task Force on Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Disease
• What Does the American Heart Association Framework Mean for Nephrology?

Kidney360 1 link

• Advantages, Limitations, and Clinical Considerations in Using Cystatin C to Estimate GFR

Kidney International 2 links

• KDIGO 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease
• KDIGO Figure 13 Frequency of monitoring glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and albuminuria in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD)

National Kidney Foundation (NKF) 1 link

• CKDintercept

Nature Reviews Nephrology 1 link

• Measured and estimated glomerular filtration rate: current status and future directions

The New England Journal of Medicine 2 links

• New Creatinine- and Cystatin C–Based Equations to Estimate GFR without Race
• Uses of GFR and Albuminuria Level in Acute and Chronic Kidney Disease