For Kidneys Sake

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A Century of Creatinine and the Endless Search for Accuracy

A Century of Creatinine and the Endless Search for Accuracy30 Jun20 min

Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) This week on For Kidneys Sake, Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel celebrate an unlikely centenary: 100 years since creatinine was first recognised as a marker of kidney function. From the early days of serum creatinine and the Cockcroft-Gault formula to today’s eGFR reporting, the duo unpack how kidney f...