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. 2022 Sep 6;328(9):883-884.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.12407.

Serum Cystatin C for Estimation of GFR

Michael G Shlipak  1 , Lesley A Inker  2 , Josef Coresh  3
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Serum Cystatin C for Estimation of GFR

Michael G Shlipak et al. JAMA. .

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] JAMA. 2022 Dec 13;328(22):2274. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.21078. JAMA. 2022. PMID: 36511940 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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An 80-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and hypertension was referred to the nephrology clinic for persistent hyperkalemia. The patient was frail and sedentary, with a BMI of 37. His estimated glomerular filtration rate calculated using creatinine was 64 mL/min/1.73 m2. How would you interpret these results?

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