I saw a patient in clinic in follow up this week who was interesting. A 90 year old thoroughly delightful woman who presented last July with acute renal failure, creatinine rising from normal to 4.4 within a period…
Within the last 2 years dialysis facilities in the US have been adjusting to the now not-so-new Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Coverage. CMS, as many of you know, funds the ESRD program to…
In recent months I’ve been seeing a number of referrals for patients with creatinine values in the normal range but eGFR as reported by the lab at below 60ml/min. This is particularly the case in middle aged women….
