Americentrism in estimation of glomerular filtration rate equations

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nephrology-Dialysis-Transplantation, University of Liège, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium; Department of Nephrology-Dialysis-Apheresis, Hôpital Universitaire Carémeau, Nîmes, France. Electronic address: pierre_delanaye@yahoo.fr.
² Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Campus Kulak Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium.
³ Department of Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Editorial

Pierre Delanaye et al. Kidney Int. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;101(5):856-858.

doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2022.02.022. Epub 2022 Mar 10.

¹ Department of Nephrology-Dialysis-Transplantation, University of Liège, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium; Department of Nephrology-Dialysis-Apheresis, Hôpital Universitaire Carémeau, Nîmes, France. Electronic address: pierre_delanaye@yahoo.fr.
² Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Campus Kulak Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium.
³ Department of Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: glomerular filtration rate; race; serum creatinine.

Comment in

The art and science of the possible in glomerular filtration rate measurement.
Goldsmith DJA. Goldsmith DJA. Kidney Int. 2022 Aug;102(2):445-446. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2022.04.036. Kidney Int. 2022. PMID: 35870816 No abstract available.