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Using the kidney failure risk equation to predict end-stage kidney disease in CKD patients of South Asian ethnicity: an external validation study

BACKGROUND: The kidney failure risk equation (KFRE) predicts the 2- and 5-year risk of needing kidney replacement therapy (KRT) using four risk factors — age, sex, urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) and creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). Although the KFRE has been rec...

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Autores principales: Maher, Francesca, Teece, Lucy, Major, Rupert W., Bradbury, Naomi, Medcalf, James F., Brunskill, Nigel J., Booth, Sarah, Gray, Laura J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10552237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37798742
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41512-023-00157-x