Publish date: 13 November 2023
Liverpool Clinical Laboratories (LCL) are making changes to eGFR reporting. From 14 November 2023, they will change to the CKD-EPI (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration) equation as recommended by NICE CKD 2021 guidelines (NG203).
This equation better reflects renal function, especially in younger people without clinical renal disease, and therefore reports fewer false positive results. This change is supported by the renal clinicians within Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust and is in line with the Cheshire and Mersey Pathology Network.
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