scholarly journals Comparative Assessment of Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) Google APPs and CKD Prepare GFR India Google App

Author(s):  
P. B. Shah ◽  
L. Jeyaseelan ◽  
P. Soundararajan ◽  
B. W. C. Sathiyasekaran

Aim: Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimation is an important parameter for assessment of kidney function and management of the patient with suspected kidney function. These mobile applications hence change the way better patient care is managed. In the research project, there is an attempt to perform comparative assessment of GFR Google APPs and CKD PREPARE GFR India Google APP.  Methods: Google app store was searched to identify all the applications which may help in estimation of GFR. All the application were compared except general medical calculators and non-English applications. All important parameters were identified with the guidance of delphi group and comparison chart was made. Results: The search of Google play store led to 35 mobile applications related to GFR estimation. The majority of the applications were by IT company developers and  few were by associations or individuals. There are few companies who have developed multiple mobile applications with different formulas. Many of these aspects of the mobile applications which are considered had important parameters. Few of the applications have multiple page interfaces which may lead to multiple clicks before reaching to GFR estimation which may be at times may be difficult in case of large amounts of use.  Conclusion: All the GFR estimation applications are comparable. Single user interface applications have advantages over others where all the data can be entered and results are available in a single view. The disclaimer of using calculators under medical guidance of a qualified physicians is always required.

2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (190) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramesh Kumar Chaurasia ◽  
Rajendra Kumar Agrawal ◽  
Rajani Hada ◽  
Sweta Kumari Chaurasia ◽  
Santosh Gurung ◽  
...  

Introduction: Accurate determination of donor kidney function has important long-term implications for both donor health and recipient outcome. Many centers use 24 hour urinary creatinine clearance or creatinine-based GFR estimations to assess kidney function but their performance when compared with GFR measurements by isotope clearance remains inconclusive. We assessed the performance of creatinine based equations against DTPA GFR for evaluating Nepalese kidney donors.Methods: All kidney donors who had undergone both DTPA GFR estimation and 24 hour urine CrCl were included. The performance of the urine-CrCl, CG-CrCl, modified MDRD GFR against DTPA GFR was evaluated by analyzing global bias, precision (R2),Pearson correlation and accuracy percentage within 30% and 15%. The sensitivity and specificity of each predictive equation in selecting donor with GFR of ≥80 mL/min/1.73 m2 was also calculated.Results: Of 51 donors analysed, only 18 (35.29%) were male. The mean measured GFR was 102.752±16.71 mL/min/1.73 m2. Of all prediction equations, urine-CrCL has most precision (R2=0.207) with the highest pearson correlation (0.455) and highest accuracy percentage within 30% and 15%. However, predictive performance was poor for all the equations. The urine CrCl had highest sensitivity of 100% for detecting donor with measured GFR>80 mL/min/1.73 m2 with positive predictive value of 92.1%.Conclusions: The performance of all equations was disappointing and even the best performing equation urine-CrCl was suboptimal for donor selection. So considering the potential risk of living kidney donation, other more accurate methods of GFR estimation should be used._________________________________________________________Keywords: Cockcroft-Gault equation; creatinine clearance; glomerular filtration rate; modification of diet in enal disease formula; 99mTc-Diethylene-Triamine Pentaacetic Acid.


2010 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. e55-e58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuelle E. Fabre ◽  
Agathe Raynaud-Simon ◽  
Jean-Louis Golmard ◽  
Nadège Gourgouillon ◽  
Jean-Louis Beaudeux ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen A. Peralta ◽  
Paul Muntner ◽  
Rebecca Scherzer ◽  
Suzanne Judd ◽  
Mary Cushman ◽  
...  

Background/Aims: Persons with occult-reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR <60 ml/min/1.73 m2 detected by serum cystatin C but missed by creatinine) have high risk for complications. Among persons with preserved kidney function by creatinine-based eGFR (eGFRcreat >60 ml/min/1.73 m2), tools to guide cystatin C testing are needed. Methods: We developed a risk score to estimate an individual's probability of reduced eGFR by cystatin C (eGFRcys <60 ml/min/1.73 m2) in The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study and externally validated in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III). We used logistic regression with Bayesian model averaging and variables available in practice. We assessed performance characteristics using calibration and discrimination measures. Results: Among 24,877 adults with preserved kidney function by creatinine, 13.5% had reduced eGFRcys. Older and Black participants, current smokers and those with higher body mass index, lower eGFRcreat, diabetes, hypertension and history of cardiovascular disease were more likely to have occult-reduced eGFR (p < 0.001). The final risk function had a c-statistic of 0.87 in REGARDS and 0.84 in NHANES. By risk score, 72% of occult-reduced eGFR cases were detected by screening only 22% of participants. Conclusions: A risk score using characteristics readily accessible in clinical practice can identify the majority of persons with reduced eGFRcys, which is missed by creatinine.


ScienceRise ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4(12)) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Алий Саитович Тугушев ◽  
Дмитрий Иванович Михантьев ◽  
Вячеслав Васильевич Нешта ◽  
Виктор Николаевич Антоневич ◽  
Алексей Николаевич Петраш ◽  
...  

Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 141 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex R CHANG ◽  
G. C Wood ◽  
Adam Cook ◽  
Xin Chu ◽  
Morgan Grams

Background: Persons with morbid obesity are at increased risk for end-stage kidney disease, and prior studies have shown an association between bariatric surgery and improvements in creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR cr ). However, eGFR cr could be biased by loss of muscle mass after surgery, and creatinine-cystatin C estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR cr-cyc ) has been shown to be more accurate in this setting. Methods: We matched 144 patients who underwent bariatric surgery on pre-surgery age, sex, race, body mass index (BMI), and eGFR cr with 144 morbidly obese non-surgery patients at Geisinger with serial biobanked serum samples. We measured filtration markers (creatinine, cystatin C, beta-2 microglobulin [B2M] and beta-trace protein [BTP], and calculated eGFR cr-cyc using the CKD-EPI combined equation. Using mixed effects models with random intercepts, we compared changes in filtration markers and eGFR cr-cyc between surgery and non-surgery groups. Results: Mean (SD) values for age, BMI, and eGFR cr were 48.2 (10.4) years, 45.2 (6.3) kg/m 2 , and 91.7 (17.5) ml/min/1.73m 2 ; 87.5% were female, 0.7% were black, 50.3% had hypertension, and 41.0% had type 2 diabetes. Mean eGFR cr-cyc slope in the surgery group was -0.41 ml/min/1.73m 2 /yr (95% CI: -0.74, -0.08) over a mean follow-up of 9.2 (1.4) years, compared to -1.43 ml/min/1.73m 2 /yr in the non-surgery group over a mean follow-up of 8.2 (1.1) years. Bariatric surgery was associated with a 1.02 ml/min/1.73m 2 /yr slower decline in eGFR cr-cyc , and smaller increase in all 4 filtration markers (p< 0.02 for all comparisons). Conclusions: Bariatric surgery is associated with slower decline in kidney function, as assessed by eGFR cr-cyc , B2M and BTP.


Author(s):  
Xiaoxi Yao ◽  
Jonathan W. Inselman ◽  
Joseph S. Ross ◽  
Rima Izem ◽  
David J. Graham ◽  
...  

Background: Patients with atrial fibrillation and severely decreased kidney function were excluded from the pivotal non–vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOAC) trials, thereby raising questions about comparative safety and effectiveness in patients with reduced kidney function. The study aimed to compare oral anticoagulants across the range of kidney function in patients with atrial fibrillation. Methods and Results: Using a US administrative claims database with linked laboratory data, 34 569 new users of oral anticoagulants with atrial fibrillation and estimated glomerular filtration rate ≥15 mL/(min·1.73 m 2 ) were identified between October 1, 2010 to November 29, 2017. The proportion of patients using NOACs declined with decreasing kidney function—73.5%, 69.6%, 65.4%, 59.5%, and 45.0% of the patients were prescribed a NOAC in estimated glomerular filtration rate ≥90, 60 to 90, 45 to 60, 30 to 45, 15 to 30 mL/min per 1.73 m 2 groups, respectively. Stabilized inverse probability of treatment weighting was used to balance 4 treatment groups (apixaban, dabigatran, rivaroxaban, and warfarin) on 66 baseline characteristics. In comparison to warfarin, apixaban was associated with a lower risk of stroke (hazard ratio [HR], 0.57 [0.43–0.75]; P <0.001), major bleeding (HR, 0.51 [0.44–0.61]; P <0.001), and mortality (HR, 0.68 [0.56–0.83]; P <0.001); dabigatran was associated with a similar risk of stroke but a lower risk of major bleeding (HR, 0.57 [0.43–0.75]; P <0.001) and mortality (HR, 0.68 [0.48-0.98]; P =0.04); rivaroxaban was associated with a lower risk of stroke (HR, 0.69 [0.51–0.94]; P =0.02), major bleeding (HR, 0.84 [0.72–0.99]; P =0.04), and mortality (HR, 0.73 [0.58–0.91]; P =0.006). There was no significant interaction between treatment and estimated glomerular filtration rate categories for any outcome. When comparing one NOAC to another NOAC, there was no significant difference in mortality, but some differences existed for stroke or major bleeding. No relationship between treatments and falsification end points was found, suggesting no evidence for substantial residual confounding. Conclusions: Relative to warfarin, NOACs are used less frequently as kidney function declines. However, NOACs appears to have similar or better comparative effectiveness and safety across the range of kidney function.


2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 355-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-Pyng Chen ◽  
Chi-Rong Li ◽  
Huan-Cheng Chang ◽  
Yu-Ling Li ◽  
Hsiang-Chu Pai

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between the metabolic syndrome severity Z-score and kidney function by gender. We also examined the estimated glomerular filtration rate in relation to other known risk factors. The study used was a population-based prospective longitudinal research design. A total of 4,838 participants (2,683 females and 2,155 males) included individuals aged >30 years who were undergoing a health examination from 2006 to 2014 in Pingzhen City, Taiwan. In the initial generalized estimated equation model analysis, which included the covariates of age of first visit, period between the first and current visit, and metabolic syndrome severity Z-score, the results indicated that the interaction between age and metabolic syndrome severity Z-score is significantly related to the estimated glomerular filtration rate for males ( p = .040). For females, the interaction between age and metabolic syndrome severity Z-score was not significant, but a higher metabolic syndrome severity Z-score was significantly associated with lower estimated glomerular filtration rate ( p = .001). After controlling for the confounders, unhealthy behaviors, and comorbidities, the metabolic syndrome severity Z-score was still a negative predictor of estimated glomerular filtration rate in both the male ( p = .005) and female ( p = .023) models.


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