Department of Health guidance is quite clear that eGFR should be reported on all adult samples received by the laboratory for creatinine measurement.
I don't understand why this debate exists.
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>>> "Patel Bharat (RWG) West Hertfordshire TR" <[log in to unmask]> 17/03/2011 10:41 >>>
Are there any labs reporting eGFR for inpatients?
BNF does mention eGRF to adjust dosage on eGFR.
At the moment we do not report eGFR for inpatients for well known
reasons but a number of our drs are calculating (from the NET) eGFR for
their inpatients!
Would it better for health safety reasons to provide eGFRs for
inpatients as it would be more 'accurate'?
Many thanks
Bharat
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