VUMC adopts updated kidney function equation to better guide patient care decisions

by Jill Clendening

In July 2020, Vanderbilt University Medical Center was one of the first institutions in the United States to remove race from an equation used to estimate kidney function through the calculation of an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), and in December the Medical Center will again update the equation used for calculating eGFR with the goals of improving health equity and better guiding patient care decisions. Read the full story in the VUMC Reporter.