Predictive performance of different kidney function estimation equations in lung transplant patients.

CONCLUSIONS: This study shows adequate predictive ability of CKD-EPI creatinine in the cohort as a whole, but unacceptable performance in patients with cystic fibrosis, low arm muscle area and/or low body mass index. Our findings demonstrate that cystatin C may be a preferable filtration marker in these subgroups. PMID: 28108166 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Clinical Biochemistry - January 16, 2017 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Degen DA, Janardan J, Barraclough KA, Schneider HG, Barber T, Barton H, Snell G, Levvey B, Walker RG Tags: Clin Biochem Source Type: research