Transplant Clinician Opinions on Use of Race in the Estimation of Glomerular Filtration Rate.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Current race-based eGFR calculators assign a higher eGFR value to Black patients, which could affect the care of kidney transplant candidates and potential living donors.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

We conducted a survey of staff at adult kidney transplant centers in the United States (December 17, 2020 to February 28, 2021) to assess opinions on use of race-based eGFR equations for waitlisting and living donor candidate evaluation, availability of serum cystatin C testing and measured GFR, and related practices.

Results

Respondents represented 57% (124 of 218) of adult kidney transplant programs, and the responding centers conducted 70% of recent kidney transplant volume. Most (93%) programs use serum creatinine-based eGFR

SUBMITTER: Doshi MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8499001 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature