BACKGROUND There are no data comparing the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study and the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) Study equations in the evaluation of time-dependent trend of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in the general population. METHODS Changes in eGFR and in the association of eGFR with kidney disease and cardiovascular disease...

OBJECTIVE Hyperglycemia increases glomerular filtration rate (GFR), but the influence of HbA(1c) (A1C) on GFR and GFR's prediction by recommended equations remains to be determined. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In 193 diabetic patients, we searched for an association between A1C and isotopically measured GFR (51Cr-EDTA) and their predictions by the Cockcroft and Gault formula (CG) and the modi...

BACKGROUND The Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula is widely used in clinical practice to assess the correct drug dose. This formula is based on serum creatinine levels which might be influenced by chronic diseases itself or the effects of the chronic diseases. We conducted a systematic review to determine the validity of the MDRD formula in specific patient populations with re...

BACKGROUND Although recommended, both the Cockcroft and Gault formula (CG) and the modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) equation are not ideally predictive of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in diabetic subjects; we tested whether the new Mayo Clinic Quadratic (MCQ) equation performed better. METHODS In 200 diabetic subjects with a wide range of renal function, GFR was measured by 51...

PURPOSE There are growing doubts about the accuracy of Cockcroft-Gault formula (CG) used for the estimation of creatinine clearance, especially in elderly. Recently, the authors of the multicenter trial of the Modification of Diet in Renal Diseases (MDRD) have proposed a new equation. Moreover, Baracskay et al. (B), proposed the special formula for the estimation of kidney function (KF) in elde...

OBJECTIVE To report 2 cases of drug dosage calculation errors that occurred when the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation was used for initiating drug therapy with dofetilide in elderly patients with chronic kidney disease. CASE SUMMARY An 83-year-old woman and a 92-year-old man were admitted for dofetilide treatment initiation and cardioversion for atrial fibrillation. The e...

BACKGROUND Detection of renal dysfunction is important in critically ill patients, and in daily practice, serum creatinine is used most often. Other tools allowing the evaluation of renal function are the Cockcroft-Gault and MDRD (Modification of Diet in Renal Disease) equations. These parameters may, however, not be optimal for critically ill patients. The present study evaluated the value of ...

There are doubts about whether the values obtained from the Cockroft-Gault (Cl(CG)) and Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (GFR(MDRD)) formulas are comparable to the more traditional formula used to obtain the creatinine clearance from a 24-hour urine collection (ClCr(m)), particularly in patients with only one kidney. The present study aimed to compare these formulas in individuals with one...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and spinal cord injury and disorders (SCI/D) are common and costly conditions among Veterans. However, little is known about CKD among adults with SCI/D. METHODS We conducted cross-sectional analyses of Veterans with SCI/D across all VA facilities in 2006. CKD was defined as an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 ml/min/1.73 m...

BACKGROUND The Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation was developed using both CKD and non-CKD patients to potentially replace the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation that was derived with only CKD patients. The objective of our study was to compare the accuracy of the MDRD and CKD-EPI equations for estimating GFR in a large group of patients havi...