I recently took a call from a new practitioner. She had an 85-year-old diabetic, non-insulin-dependent female with a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of 45 mL/min/1.73 m 2. The practitioner asked if ...

The SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin (Jardiance) reduced the risk of creatinine increases and acute kidney injury (AKI) even in those with an early dip in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Newer eGFR calculations that do not consider race show a link between kidney function and dementia. Equations ...

Uncommon EGFR mutations, such as exon 20 insertions, account for nearly one-third of EGFR-driven NSCLC, complicating treatment strategies due to their diversity and structural challenges. Traditional ...

The likelihood of EGFR-positive lung cancer returning is largely tied to how advanced it is when first diagnosed, with lower chances in early stages and higher odds in later stages. Newer targeted ...