Methods: GFR values were measured using 99m Tc-DTPA renal dynamic imaging, the new serum creatinine (Cr)-based chronic kidney disease epidemiology collaborative group (CKD-EPI) equation, and the ...

Objective Many societies recommend using estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) rather than serum creatinine (sCr) to determine metformin eligibility. We examined the potential impact of ...

About four million common murres were killed by a domino effect of ecosystem changes, and the population is showing no signs of recovery, according to new research. By Catrin Einhorn Chris ...

3 months indicates CKD. 2. Clue to the type (diagnosis) of CKD Spot urine total protein-creatinine ratio >500-1,000 mg/g suggests diabetic kidney disease, glomerular diseases, or transplant ...

OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the validity and reliability of ultrasonography measurement of rectus femoris cross-sectional area compared to computed tomography in patients in pre-dialysis chronic kidney ...

aDepartment of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 72 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210008, China bNanjing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical ...

Hospitalizations and deaths show how severe COVID-19 infections are. Wastewater and emergency room data show changes in COVID-19 spread in a community. Reported case numbers do not show all the ...

Syndromic surveillance is the collection of health data based on syndromes. A syndrome is a pattern or collection of symptoms related to an illness. Maine CDC collects this information from medical ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada is part of the federal health portfolio. Our activities focus on protecting against threats to public health, preventing and reducing diseases and injury, and ...