The National Kidney Foundation has updated its chronic kidney disease (CKD) classification system to include cause, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and albuminuria levels. The Foundation's new ...

Early detection and new biomarkers are changing how we manage acute kidney injury—and its link to chronic kidney disease.

[2014] use the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) creatinine equation to estimate GFRcreatinine for adults, using creatinine assays with calibration traceable to standardised ...

This experience led me to reflect on applying the National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) CKD classification to elderly patients. Was this a double-edged sword?