What is GFR?

1. 15% av inneliggande patienter på svenska sjukhus är intagna på grund av felmedicinering ofta orsakad av ej identifierad njurfunktionsnedsättning dvs nedsatt GFR

2. According to the NHANES III-study the prevalence of stage 2 chronic kidney disease is 3% in the American population i.e. about 9000000 persons are afflicted

3. What is GFR? It is the volume of glomerular filtrate produced per unit of time, e.g. mL/min

4. Can GFR in humans bemeasured? No, because it is not feasible to measure the filtration flow in the 800,000 human glomeruli

5. “Gold standard” methods to estimate GFR Plasma clearance of inulin, iohexol, 51Cr-EDTA, 125I-iothalamate, 99mTc-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid

6. GFR markers Plasma creatinine Plasma cystatin C Creatinine clearance Creatinine-based GFR prediction equations Cystatin C-based GFR prediction equations

7. Advantages of cystatin C as a GFR-marker Demonstrates the early, potentially reversible, decrease of GFR in the “creatinine-blind” area Independent of muscle mass and diet Independent of sex and age for children above 1 year Demonstrates the decrease of GFR in old persons No tubular secretion

10. Creatinine-blind area

11. GFR-markers for patients with muscle atrophy Non-parametric ROC plots for serum cystatin C (solid line) AUC = 0.912 and serum creatinine (dotted line) AUC = 0.507 AUC = 0.50 equals the diagnostic efficiency of tossing a coin

12. Concensus recommendation of the National Kidney Foundation (US) “The serum creatinine concentration alone should not be used to assess the level of kidney function” Page 76, Am J Kidney Dis2002;39Suppl.1

13. For Adults (MDRD) or

14. GFR-prediction equationsRelative GFR in mL/min/1.73m2 MDRD: GFR = 186.3 x (creatinine/88.4)-1.154 x age-0.203 x 0.742 (if female) x 1.212 (if African American) GFR(CC-estimate)= 84.69 x cystatin C-1.680 x 1.384 (if child<14years)

15. Diagnostic performance of a cystatin C-based GFR prediction equation

16. Diagnostic performance of a creatinine-based GFR prediction equation (MDRD)

19. Grubb, Anders 441021-4151 P-Cystatin C: 0,99 mg/L (ref. värde: 0,84 – 1,25 mg/L) GFR (CC-estimat): 89 ml/min/1,73kvm (ref.värde: 60 – 110 ml/min/1,73kvm)

20. “För dosering av njurutsöndrade läkemedel, speciellt hos barn, är det viktigt att känna till patientens absoluta (dvs ej kroppsyte-normaliserade) GFR i mL/min. Detta kan räknas ut från patientens estimerade, eller uppmätta, relativa GFR (i mL/min/1,73 kvm kroppsyta), vikt (kg) och längd (cm). På sajten http://www.klinkem.lu.se/GFR.htm finns ett hjälpmedel för snabb sådan uträkning.”

22. Is GFR always the best marker for kidney disease/function? No, for example: U-Protein HC is much better to demonstrate tubular damage P-Erythropoietin is much better to demonstrate renal anemia Altered glomerular filtration quality is much better to demonstrate preeclampsia

23. What does glomerular filtration quality mean? It describes the composition of the glomerular filtrate in a patient in relation to the composition of a “normal” glomerular filtrate

24. Hemodialysis (small pores)

25. Hemofiltration (large pores)

26. Difference in plasma clearance of marker molecules

27. How can glomerular filtration quality be assessed in the clinical practise? By the use of several GFR-markers differing in size and/or charge, e.g. Creatinine Cystatin C 2-microglobulin -trace 2-macroglobulin

28. S-Cystatin C in preeclampsia and normal pregnancy

29. S-Creatinine in preeclampsia and normal pregnancy

30. ROC-curves for demonstration of preeclampsia

31. Concluding suggestions Use more than one GFR-marker e.g. cystatin C, creatinine and -trace with cystatin C as the basic one Use GFR-prediction equations Use assessment of glomerular filtration quality for diagnostic purposes

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