The clinical utility and cost impact of cystatin C measurement in the diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease: A primary care cohort study.

The clinical utility and cost impact of cystatin C measurement in the diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease: A primary care cohort study.

To reduce over-diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) resulting from the inaccuracy of creatinine-based estimates of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), UK and international guidelines recommend that cystatin-C-based estimates of GFR be used to confirm or exclude the diagnosis in people with GFR 45...

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Main Authors: Adam Shardlow, Natasha J McIntyre, Simon D S Fraser, Paul Roderick, James Raftery, Richard J Fluck, Christopher W McIntyre, Maarten W Taal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-10-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002400

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002400

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