Commentary

The new GFR equations: How will eliminating the race coefficient affect Black patients?

Paul Merchant, MD, Crystal Gadegbeku, MD, FAHA, FACP, FASN, Ali Mehdi, MD, Med, FACP, FASN, George Thomas, MD, FACP, Georges Nakhoul, MD, MEd and Jonathan Taliercio, DO, FASN
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2023, 90 (11) 685-691; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.22061

Article Information

vol. 90 no. 11 685-691
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.22061
PubMed 
37914203
Published By 
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
Print ISSN 
0891-1150
Online ISSN 
1939-2869
History 
  • Published online November 1, 2023.
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Copyright © 2023 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

Author Information

  1. Paul Merchant, MD⇑
  1. Department of Kidney Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
  1. Address:
    Paul Merchant, MD, Department of Kidney Medicine, Q7, Cleve-land Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; merchap{at}ccf.org
  1. Crystal Gadegbeku, MD, FAHA, FACP, FASN
  1. Department Chair, Department of Kidney Medicine Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
  1. Ali Mehdi, MD, Med, FACP, FASN
  1. Department of Kidney Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  1. George Thomas, MD, FACP
  1. Director, Center for Blood Pressure Disorders, Department of Kidney Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  1. Georges Nakhoul, MD, MEd
  1. Director, Center for Chronic Kidney Disease, Department of Kidney Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  1. Jonathan Taliercio, DO, FASN
  1. Program Director, Nephrology and Hypertension Fellowship, Department of Kidney Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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