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- Title
Validation of the CKD-EPI formula in patients after renal transplantation.
- Authors
Pöge, Uwe; Gerhardt, Thomas; Stoffel-Wagner, Birgit; Sauerbruch, Tilman; Woitas, Rainer P
- Abstract
Accurate calculation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is crucial in the management of patients after kidney transplantation (KTx). Recently, the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) formula was introduced to estimate GFR in chronic kidney disease patients. However, to date the diagnostic value of this equation remains to be determined in patients after KTx.
- Publication
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2011, Vol 26, Issue 12, p4104
- ISSN
1460-2385
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/ndt/gfr183