A medical test for kidney function that adjusts its results for race is coming under increased scrutiny.

MINNEAPOLIS — A major change in the medical world is helping make kidney transplants more racially equitable. Race is no longer being considered an important test to estimate kidney function.

UofL Health says the nationwide test that was used to see how well your kidney is functioning has been negatively impacting African American patients for years.

Confirmation of creatinine-based eGFR should be performed in select circumstances using, where appropriate, either measured GFR or cystatin C.

Accurate knowledge of kidney function is also a matter of patient safety, according to Shlipak: “Surgery, some other medical procedures, and certain medications all can have an adverse impact on ...

Widely-used kidney function tests underestimate scale of kidney disease in Africa A commonly used blood test which measures how well a person’s kidneys are working may not pick up kidney disease ...

Research from Kaiser Permanente supports the use of cystatin C tests as an alternative to creatinine-based tests for accurately assessing kidney function without the inclusion of race. The study ...

An Australian medical technology company, Proteomics International, has published a study demonstrating a new blood test significantly outperforms conventional tests in identifying the risk of ...

The specific pattern of anemia, combined with kidney function tests, helps physicians distinguish kidney-related anemia from other causes.

A medical test for kidney function that adjusts its results for race is coming under increased scrutiny.