Testing for it is cheap, quick and ubiquitous, essential characteristics of a diagnostic test. By contrast, getting a more accurate measured glomerular filtration rate requires injecting a person ...
Plasma clearance of technetium-99m-labeled diethyltriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) was used as an indicator of baseline GFR and, after intravenous infusion of 10% mixed amino acids, stimulated GFR.
A worldwide movement is underway to oblige laboratories to provide an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) whenever serum creatinine concentration is measured at the request of a physician.
There’s a blood test that checks how well your kidneys filter. Your doctor may call this a “GFR” test (short for glomerular filtration rate). Generally speaking, a score of more than 90 is ...