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Estimating glomerular filtration rate (eGFR): Information for General Practitioners

  • Document type:
    Guidance
  • Author:
    Department of Health
  • Published date:
    3 April 2006
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Product number:
    274005
  • Gateway reference:
    6127
  • Pages:
    2
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

The National Service Framework (NSF) for Renal Services has recommended that local health organisations can work with pathology services and networks to develop protocols for measuring kidney function by serum creatinine concentration together with a formula-based estimation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), calculated and reported automatically by all clinical biochemistry laboratories. The aim of this information sheet is to provide some background relevant to the implementation of eGFR reporting nationally.

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