BACKGROUND Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)-estimating equations are used to determine the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in population-based studies. However, it has been suggested that since the commonly used GFR equations were originally developed from samples of patients with CKD, they underestimate GFR in healthy populations. Few studies have made side-by-side comparisons of th...

BACKGROUND Various estimating equations have been developed to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) for use in clinical practice. However, the unique renal physiological and pathological processes that occur in sickle cell disease (SCD) may invalidate these estimates in this patient population. This study aims to compare GFR estimated using common existing GFR predictive equations to actua...

The ability of the Modification of Renal Disease (MDRD) equation to predict GFR when compared with multiple other prediction equations in healthy subjects without known kidney disease was analyzed. Between May 1995 and December 2001, a total of 117 healthy individuals underwent (125)I-iothalamate or (99m)Tc-diethylenetriamine-pentaacetic acid (DTPA) renal studies as part of a routine kidney don...

This paper compares three methods for estimating renal function, as tested in rats. Acute renal failure (ARF) was induced via a 60-min bilateral renal artery clamp in 8 Sprague-Dawley rats and renal function was monitored for 1 week post-surgery. A two-compartment model was developed for estimating glomerular filtration via a bolus injection of a radio-labelled inulin tracer, and was compared w...

The aim was to evaluate performance of Cockcroft Gault (CG), modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) formula in the prediction of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) as compared to 51Cr-EDTA GFR (isotope GFR) in diabetic chronic kidney disease (dCKD) and their relation with calcium and iron metabolism parameters. One hundred ambulatory patients with diabetes without nephrotic syndrome, renal ...

BACKGROUND Few studies have addressed the link between minor renal dysfunction and mortality in the elderly. AIM To compare three equations for estimated GFR (eGFR) in assessing renal dysfunction and predicting mortality in an elderly population. DESIGN Longitudinal observational study. METHODS We studied 441 people from the Jerusalem Seventy Year Olds Longitudinal Study who had measureme...

In December 2018, the main-belt asteroid (6478)~Gault was reported to display activity. Gault is an belonging Phocaea dynamical family and not previously known be active, nor any other member of family. this work we present results photometric spectroscopic observations that commenced soon after discovery We obtained over two apparitions monitor its activity, rotation period, composition, possi...