What should European nephrology do with the new CKD-EPI equation?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
² Renal Division, Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilans University, Munich, Germany.
³ Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Renal Division, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine IV, Renal and Hypertensive Disease, University Medical Center, Homburg, Saar, Germany.
⁵ Department of Nephrology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Pierre-Benite, University of Lyon, France.
⁶ Department of Nephrology, IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz- UAM, Madrid, Spain.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
⁸ Department of Nephrology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain.
⁹ Department of Internal Medicine I and Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.

Editorial

Ron T Gansevoort et al. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 23;38(1):1-6.

doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfac254.

¹ Department of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
² Renal Division, Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilans University, Munich, Germany.
³ Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Renal Division, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine IV, Renal and Hypertensive Disease, University Medical Center, Homburg, Saar, Germany.
⁵ Department of Nephrology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Pierre-Benite, University of Lyon, France.
⁶ Department of Nephrology, IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz- UAM, Madrid, Spain.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
⁸ Department of Nephrology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain.
⁹ Department of Internal Medicine I and Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.

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Removing race from the CKD-EPI equation and its impact on prognosis in a predominantly White European population.
Fu EL, Coresh J, Grams ME, Clase CM, Elinder CG, Paik J, Ramspek CL, Inker LA, Levey AS, Dekker FW, Carrero JJ. Fu EL, et al. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2023 Jan 23;38(1):119-128. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfac197. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2023. PMID: 35689668 Free PMC article.
Performance of creatinine-based equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate in White and Black populations in Europe, Brazil and Africa.
Delanaye P, Vidal-Petiot E, Björk J, Ebert N, Eriksen BO, Dubourg L, Grubb A, Hansson M, Littmann K, Mariat C, Melsom T, Schaeffner E, Sundin PO, Bökenkamp A, Berg UB, Åsling-Monemi K, Åkesson A, Larsson A, Cavalier E, Dalton RN, Courbebaisse M, Couzi L, Gaillard F, Garrouste C, Jacquemont L, Kamar N, Legendre C, Rostaing L, Stehlé T, Haymann JP, Selistre LDS, Strogoff-de-Matos JP, Bukabau JB, Sumaili EK, Yayo E, Monnet D, Nyman U, Pottel H, Flamant M. Delanaye P, et al. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2023 Jan 23;38(1):106-118. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfac241. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2023. PMID: 36002032

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