A Simple Clinical Tool for Stratifying Risk of Clinically Significant CKD after Nephrectomy: Development and Multinational Validation.

Robert J EllisSharon J Del VecchioKevin M J GallagherDanielle N AlianoNeil BarberDamien M BoltonEtienne T S ChewJeff S CoombesMichael D CooryIan D DavisJames F DonaldsonRoss S FrancisGraham G GilesGlenda C GobeCarmel M HawleyDavid W JohnsonAlexander LairdSteve LeungManar MalkiDavid J T MarcoAlan S McNeillRachel E NealeKeng L NgSimon PhippsGrant D StewartVictoria M WhiteSimon T WoodSusan J Jordan

Published in: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN (2020)

Our simple scoring system can reproducibly stratify postnephrectomy CKD risk on the basis of readily available parameters. This clinical tool's quantitative assessment of CKD risk may be weighed against other considerations when planning management of kidney tumors and help inform shared decision making between clinicians and patients.

Keyphrases

chronic kidney disease
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
peritoneal dialysis
palliative care
prognostic factors
robot assisted