A blood test that comes back inside the "normal" range can still be an early warning sign that your kidneys are in trouble. That is the message from researchers at Karolinska Institutet, whose new ...
If you had a routine blood test in the past few years, chances are your results already include a three-digit number labeled eGFR. Most patients scroll past it. Few know what it is, and even fewer ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 73-year-old female. A recent blood test returned an eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) of 59. My physician’s nurse told me that the test was normal. When I asked her ...