Estimating Glomerular Filtration Rate from Serum Creatinine and Cystatin C
肾功能
胱抑素C
医学
过度诊断
肌酐
肾脏疾病
泌尿科
内科学
内分泌学
作者
Lesley A. Inker,Christopher H. Schmid,Hocine Tighiouart,John H. Eckfeldt,Harold I. Feldman,Tom Greene,John W. Kusek,Jane Manzi,Frederick Van Lente,Yaping Lucy Zhang,Josef Coresh,Andrew S. Levey
Estimates of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) that are based on serum creatinine are routinely used; however, they are imprecise, potentially leading to the overdiagnosis of chronic kidney disease. Cystatin C is an alternative filtration marker for estimating GFR.