OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA--(Marketwire - Oct 29, 2012) - Epocal, Inc., a leading provider of point-of-care diagnostic technology, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ...

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 ...

Contributed by Kim Zuber, PA-C, who oversees patients in seven dialysis centers for Metropolitan Nephrology Associates, Clinton, Md. Referrals to our nephrology office often come with a 24-hour urine ...

NICE's guideline on acute kidney injury recommends that the risk of AKI should be assessed before offering iodinated contrast agents to adults for emergency or non-emergency imaging, and that ...

Kidney diseases are alarmingly increasing, now the ninth leading cause of death. Dr. Arjun Sabharwal highlights crucial tests like eGFR, Cystatin C, urine dipstick, and protein-to-creatinine ratio to ...

Creatinine is essentially a metabolite of creatine phosphate, a compound that acts as a source of energy in muscle. In other words, creatinine is a waste product generated from the normal wear and ...