Pharmacy organizations, NKF ‘reenergize’ shift to race-free eGFR

Дата публикации: 16-06-2026 12:33:47

U.S. pharmacy organizations are advocating for the use of the 2021 race-neutral CKD-EPI equation for “medication-related decisions,” according to a consensus statement.In conjunction with the National Kidney Foundation, pharmacy organizations wrote that the race-neutral CKD-EPI, as opposed to the Cockcroft-Gault estimated creatinine clearance equation, should be the “preferred creatinine-only equation for estimating kidney function in adults for medication-related decisions” with “results adjusted for body surface area.” The coalition called for this to be a “nationwide transition,” according

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