A Simple Blood Test Mismatch May Predict Kidney Failure, Heart Disease, and Death

Disagreement between creatinine and cystatin C kidney tests signals a much higher risk of serious disease and death, suggesting both measures should be used together. A new study suggests that when ...
Oregonian

Dear Doctor: How does blood test eGFR number reflect kidney function, and what range is ‘normal’?

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 ...
News Medical

An Overview of the eGFR Blood Test

The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is a blood test to assess kidney function. The formula for calculating eGFR takes the patient’s body size, age, and sex into account to predict how well ...

When to worry about blood test results

I reassured him and sent him to get another blood specimen drawn without a tourniquet. Why? Because I suspected that the ...
CNET

6 Blood Tests That Can Tell You How Your Body Is Functioning

Dr. Omar Al-Heeti is an assistant professor of medicine at Southern Illinois University and practices internal medicine with a specialty in infectious diseases. He received his medical degree from the ...