Clinical Implications of Estimating Equations for Glomerular Filtration Rate
Authors: Lesley A. Stevens, Andrew S. Levey
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2004)

Editorials21 December 2004Clinical Implications of Estimating Equations for Glomerular Filtration RateLesley A. Stevens, MD and Andrew S. Levey, MDLesley A. Stevens, MDFrom Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111. and Andrew S. Levey, MDFrom Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-141-12-200412210-00013 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Chronic kidney disease is a major public health problem, with increasing incidence and prevalence, poor outcomes, and high costs (1, 2). In the United States, the estimated prevalence of all stages of chronic kidney disease is 20 million (1), and the number of patients receiving dialysis should exceed 650 000 by 2010 (2). Long-term adverse outcomes associated with chronic kidney disease include kidney failure, complications of impaired kidney function, and, more commonly, an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and death (3). The clinical practice guidelines of the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Quality Outcome Initiative (NKF-K/DQOI) defined chronic kidney disease as ...References1. Coresh J, Astor BC, Greene T, Eknoyan G, Levey AS. Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and decreased kidney function in the adult US population: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Am J Kidney Dis. 2003;41:1-12. [PMID: 12500213] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. U.S. Renal Data System: 2003 Annual Data Report. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease; 2003. Google Scholar3. Collins AJ, Li S, Gilbertson DT, Liu J, Chen SC, Herzog CA. Chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease in the Medicare population. 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Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111.Acknowledgments: The authors thank Josef Coresh, MD, PhD; Tom Greene, PhD; and Tom Hostetter, MD, for contributing greatly to the ideas described here.Grant Support: In part by grant R01 DK53869-05 from the National Institutes of Health (Dr. Levey).Disclosures: None disclosed.Corresponding Author: Lesley A. Stevens, MD, Division of Nephrology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, Box #391, Boston, MA 02111; e-mail, [email protected]org.Current Author Addresses: Drs. Stevens and Levey: Division of Nephrology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, Box #391, Boston, MA 02111. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoUsing Serum Creatinine To Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate: Accuracy in Good Health and in Chronic Kidney Disease Andrew D. Rule , Timothy S. Larson , Erik J. 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