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    Attention COACH STUDY participants:

    The principal investigators of the study request that you use the official version of the modified score here.

    Kinetic Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (keGFR)

    Estimates GFR in patients with acutely changing creatinine.

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    This calculator includes inputs based on race, which may or may not provide better estimates, so we have decided to make race optional. See here for more on our approach to addressing race and bias on MDCalc.

    For the same creatinine value, this calculator estimates a higher GFR for Black patients.

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Take two serum creatinine measurements (Cr1 and Cr2), at two different time points (time1 and time2). Note: uses MDRD equation for calculating GFR.

    Why Use

    Other equations estimating GFR (Cockcroft-Gault, MDRD) have limited accuracy when creatinine is changing acutely.

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    Dr. Sheldon Chen

    About the Creator

    Sheldon Chen, MD, is an associate professor in the department of nephrology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Previously, he was faculty at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Chen’s primary research is focused on diabetic nephropathy and renal disease.

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