A new blood test to detect diabetic kidney disease outperforms standard of care tests
An Australian medical technology company, Proteomics International, has published a study demonstrating a new blood test ...
Medscape2mon
Routine Reporting of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate: Not Ready for Prime Time
In our opinion, the KDOQI guidelines for the diagnosis and classification of CKD need improvement before eGFR is routinely reported. We urge medical societies to endorse the more cautious and ...
Nature5d
Diabetic nephropathy—challenges in pathologic classification
A new pathologic classification scheme for diabetic nephropathy, in which only glomerular lesions are used to classify renal damage associated with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes, has been ...
Nature2mon
GFR and albuminuria as predictors: two is better than one
Risk stratification by two-dimensional information on eGFR and proteinuria can improve the prediction of progression to ESRD; revision of CKD classification by including albuminuria, particular in ...