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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Blood Test Discussion
Kidney Function: Cystatin C vs. Creatinine in Determining Risk
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<blockquote data-quote="Nelson Vergel" data-source="post: 82586" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>"<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The downsides of using GFRs, he added, include the fact that they are mostly validated in younger patients with kidney disease, they rely on the assumption that demographic characteristics alone can define muscle mass, they were only developed in whites and blacks, and estimated GFR can be interpreted only as “suggested GFR.”</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">A blood test of kidney function known as cystatin C has been shown to be an alternative, better marker of creatinine, compared with GFR, and is supported by the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes CKD work group's 2012 clinical practice guidelines for the evaluation and management of CKD. “Because cystatin C is not related to muscle mass, age, sex, and race, it has major advantages over creatinine,” Dr. Shlipak said. “It is a reliable, standardized, and automated measure that is available for clinical use.”</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span><strong><a href="http://www.mdedge.com/clinicalendocrinologynews/article/147081/nephrology/obtaining-cystatin-c-levels-useful-chronic?channel=205&utm_source=News_CEN_eNL_091917_HA&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Cystatin-C%20levels%20and%20chronic%20kidney%20disease" target="_blank">Obtaining cystatin-C levels useful in chronic kidney disease</a></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nelson Vergel, post: 82586, member: 3"] "[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]The downsides of using GFRs, he added, include the fact that they are mostly validated in younger patients with kidney disease, they rely on the assumption that demographic characteristics alone can define muscle mass, they were only developed in whites and blacks, and estimated GFR can be interpreted only as “suggested GFR.”[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]A blood test of kidney function known as cystatin C has been shown to be an alternative, better marker of creatinine, compared with GFR, and is supported by the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes CKD work group's 2012 clinical practice guidelines for the evaluation and management of CKD. “Because cystatin C is not related to muscle mass, age, sex, and race, it has major advantages over creatinine,” Dr. Shlipak said. “It is a reliable, standardized, and automated measure that is available for clinical use.” [/FONT][/COLOR][b][URL="http://www.mdedge.com/clinicalendocrinologynews/article/147081/nephrology/obtaining-cystatin-c-levels-useful-chronic?channel=205&utm_source=News_CEN_eNL_091917_HA&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Cystatin-C%20levels%20and%20chronic%20kidney%20disease"]Obtaining cystatin-C levels useful in chronic kidney disease[/URL][/b] [/QUOTE]
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