Dear Colleagues,
In Hungary we are under increasing pressure from some nephrologists that
we give numeric values for eGFR with the MDRD equation in the 60-90
ml/min range, although our current consensus guideline explicitely
states the 60 ml/min cut off above which we do not give eGFR values just
quote the result as greater than 60 ml/min. Some hospitals use the
quadratic equation for eGFR calculations in the 60-90 ml/min range and
the nephrologists propose that we introduce this practice routinely. A
related recent publication in DM can be found in Nephrol Dial Transplant
(2007) 22: 813–818.
I would like to enquire how colleagues elsewhere and around the globe
deal with similar issues locally?
Thanks and regards,
Rita Horvath
Hungary
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