Impact of measured versus estimated glomerular filtration rate-based screening on living kidney donor characteristics: A study of multiple cohorts.
Jessica van der WeijdenMarco van LondenJoke I RoodnatMarcia L KhoJacqueline van de WeteringHeinrich KlokeIne M M DooperStephan J L BakkerGerjan NavisIlja M NolteMartin H de BorstStefan P BergerPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Despite the known underestimation of mGFR by eGFR, we did not show that the routine use of mGFR in donor screening leads to inclusion of donors with a lower pre-donation eGFR. Therefore eGFR-based screening will be sufficient for the majority of the donors. Future studies should investigate whether there is a group (e.g. young donors with insufficient eGFR) that might benefit from confirmatory mGFR testing.