title: Glomerular filtration rate equations: a comprehensive review.
abstract: Since evaluation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is very important in daily medical care, and reliable methods for measuring GFR are too complicated, there has been along decades an enormous effort for developing accurate GFR equations. In the present review article, we performed a comprehensive analysis of the mainly described GFR equations, and we concluded that although MDRD, CKD-EPI, DRA and Gregori-Macías equations are valid to monitor renal function as well as to stage and follow up renal patients, the clinical nephrological evaluation still remains the best alternative for diagnosing renal health and disease.
authors.affiliation: Ageing Biology Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. carlos.musso@hospitalitaliano.org.ar.
authors.forename: Carlos G
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8666-1130
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Musso
authors.affiliation: F.E.A. Urgencias, Hospital Nuestra Señora del Prado, Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain.
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Álvarez-Gregori
authors.affiliation: Ageing Biology Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jauregui
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Macías-Núñez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
keywords: Chronic kidney disease; Equation; Glomerular filtration rate