The New England Journal of Medicine

Cystatin C–Based Equation to Estimate GFR without the Inclusion of Race and Sex

The accuracy of estimation of kidney function with the use of routine metabolic tests, such as measurement of the serum creatinine level, has been controversial. The European Kidney Function ...
Nature

Cystatin C as a predictor of cardiovascular outcomes in a hypertensive population

According to the 2012 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines, 5, 6 calculating cystatin C-based eGFR may confirm the diagnosis of a decreased creatinine-based eGFR, and therefore ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Cystatin C versus Creatinine in Determining Risk Based on Kidney Function

Adding the measurement of cystatin C to that of serum creatinine to determine the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) improves accuracy, but the effect on detection, staging, and risk ...
Medical Xpress

Measuring eGFR based on cystatin C levels may be a more accurate assessment of kidney function in older adults

A study of more than 82,000 older adults receiving outpatient measurements of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) found that measuring eGFR based on creatinine and cystatin C levels ...
Healio

Combined creatinine-cystatin C comparable to measured GFR for assessing mortality risks

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Nature

Serum cystatin C as a marker of the renal function in patients with spinal cord injury

Objective: To investigate the relationship between serum cystatin C, serum creatinine, and 51 Cr-EDTA-clearance in patients with spinal cord injury. Setting: The Spinal Cord Unit, Viborg-Kjellerup ...
Medscape

Nephrologists Make the Case for Cystatin C-Based eGFR

A patient's estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) remains a pillar for diagnosing chronic kidney disease (CKD) and tracking its progression. But nephrologists now recognize that eGFR values ...
Renal & Urology News

New European Cystatin C Equation for eGFR May Be More Accurate

The new equation appears more accurate than the race-free 2021 CKD-EPI equation, according to investigators. The European Kidney Function Consortium (EKFC) has developed a new race- and sex-free ...
Labroots

Beyond Creatinine: Integrating Cystatin C into Clinical Practice

Kidney function in clinical practice is currently estimated using serum creatinine; although it is known to be an imperfect marker, as it is influenced by many factors that are independent of ...
Healio

Cystatin C test grants alternative to creatinine for race-free kidney function assessments

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Research from Kaiser Permanente supports the use of cystatin C tests as an alternative to creatinine-based tests ...
Medical Xpress

Cystatin C tied to worse heart failure outcomes across ejection fraction spectrum

Cystatin C (CysC) is an independent risk factor for adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF) across the ejection fraction (EF) spectrum, according to a study published in Clinical ...