CKD-EPI y MDRD UdelaR Uruguay

The application performs an estimation of glomerular filtration according CDK-EPI and MDRD4-IDMS equation, from the patient data: age, creatinine, gender and ethnicity.

limitations:

- Remember that it is an estimate and therefore always be less accurate in the calculation of glomerular filtration rate to determine creatinine clearance.

- Muscle mass and diet of the patient may alter the results of these estimates: a person with little muscle mass and / or a low protein diet the real value of glomerular filtration rate will be lower.

- Equations can only be applied to people with older age to 18 years.

- It has been shown that MDRD4-IDMS equation is less accurate than CDK-EPI in patients over 70 years or good renal function (serum creatinine low).

Bibliography:

Levey et al. A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate. Ann Intern Med 2009; 150:. 604-612.

Florkowski CM, Chew-Harris JS. Methods of Estimating GFR - Different Equations Including CKD-EPI. The Clinical Biochemist Reviews. 2011; 32 (2): 75-79.