REFERENCES:

• Andrew S. Levey, MD; Lesley A. Stevens, MD, MS; Christopher H. Schmid, PhD; Yaping (Lucy) Zhang, MS; Alejandro F. Castro III, MPH; Harold I. Feldman, MD, MSCE; John W. Kusek, PhD; Paul Eggers, PhD; Frederick Van Lente, PhD; Tom Greene, PhD; and Josef Coresh, MD, PhD, MHS, for the CKD-EPI (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration). A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate. Ann Intern Med. 2009 May 5;150(9):604-12

• Expressing the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study Equation for Estimating Glomerular Filtration Rate with Standardized Serum Creatinine Values. Clin. Chem, 2007 Apr;53(4):766-72. Epub 2007 Mar 1.

• A more accurate accurate method to estimate glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine: a new prediction equation. Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study Group Ann Intern Med 1999 Mar 16; 130 (6): 461-70.

• A.S. Levey, T. Greene, J.W. Kusek, G.L. Beck, MDRD Study Group. A simplified equation to predict glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine (abstract) J Am Soc Nephrol 2000 Sep; 11:155A

• Levey AS, Coresh J, Greene T, Stevens LA, Zhang YL, Hendriksen S, Kusek JW, Van Lente F; Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration. Using standardized serum creatinine values in the modification of diet in renal disease study equation for estimating glomerular filtration rate. Ann Intern Med. 2006 Aug 15;145(4):247-54.

• AACC - American Association of Clinical Chemistry Q & A with W. Gregory Miller, PhD, DABCC, FACB

• G.L. Myers, W.G. Miller, J. Coresh, J. Fleming, N. Greenberg, T. Greene, T. Hostetter, A.S. Levey, M. Panteghini, M. Welch, and J.H. Eckfeldt. Recommendations for improving serum creatinine measurement: A report from the laboratory working group of the National Kidney Disease Education Program. Clinical Chemistry 2006 52: 5-18.

• Stevens LA, Coresh J, Feldman HI, Greene T, Lash JP, Nelson RG, Rahman M, Deysher AE, Zhang YL, Schmid CH, Levey AS. Evaluation of the modification of diet in renal disease study equation in a large diverse population J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Sep; 18(10):2749-57

• Madero M, Sarnak MJ, Stevens LA. Serum cystatin C as a marker of glomerular filtration rate Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2006 Nov;15(6):610-6

• Inker LA, Schmid CH, Tighiouart H, Eckfeldt JH, Feldman HI, Greene T, Kusek JW, Manzi J, Van Lente F, Zhang YL, Coresh J, Levey AS; CKD-EPI Investigators. Estimating glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine and cystatin C. New Eng J Med 2012 Jul 5;367(1):20-9.

• Schaeffner ES, Ebert N, Delanaye P, Frei U, Gaedeke J, Jakob O, Kuhlmann MK, Schuchardt M, Tölle M, Ziebig R, van der Giet M, Martus P. Two novel equations to estimate kidney function in persons aged 70 years or older. Ann Intern Med. 2012 Oct 2;157(7):471-81

• Drenth-van Maanen AC, Jansen PA, Proost JH, Egberts TC, van Zuilen AD, van der Stap D, van Marum RJ. Renal function assessment in older adults. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2013 Oct;76(4):616-23. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12199. PMID: 23802656; PMCID: PMC3791984.

NKF K/DOQI:


• The National Kidney Foundation K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines for Nutrition in Renal Failure (C. Appendices - Adult guidelines) Appendix IX. Estimation of Glomerular Filtration Rate

• The National Kidney Foundation K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease

• Table 12. Definition and Stages of Chronic Kidney disease

NKDEP:

• NKDEP: GFR Calculators - the new standards

• NKDEP: For laboratory professionals

• NKDEP - Greg Miller: Estimating GFR from Serum Creatinine: issues and Recommendations for Reporting

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