一名患有2型糖尿病和高血压的80岁男子被转介到肾病诊所,以评估其血管紧张素转换酶抑制剂停用后的持续高钾血症。该患者体弱,久坐,体重指数为37。部分血液检测结果如表1所示。他估计的肾小球滤过率(eGFR)使用3个方程计算,其中包括肌酐(eGFRcr)、半胱氨酸蛋白酶抑制剂C(eGFR...
The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a measure of how well your kidneys are removing waste from your blood, which can be determined using an estimated GFR (eGFR) test. The test gets its name from glomeruli -- the parts of your kidney that filter out waste. (Photo credit: Image Source...
a urine test for protein (protein is a sign of kidney damage) 2. a blood test for creatinine (used to estimate glomerular filtration rate (gFR) even if these tests are normal now, they should be repeated in the future, especially if you are at increased risk for kidney disease. (see ...
Sixteen 6-week-old female BALB/c nude mice (8 per group to provide a power of 90% for a significance level of 0.05 with a two-tailed t-test.) were classified to 2 teams. All the mice were subcutaneously administered with 106 Hep3B cells for a xenograft model. At the 9th day, circ...