
|Articles|August 20, 2021
Pharmacy Clinical Pearl of the Day: Kidney Disease Stages
Author(s)Saro Arakelians, PharmD
The lower the glomerular filtration rate, the lower the stage, the worse kidney disease is.
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Clinical Pearl of the Day: Kidney disease stages
Kidney disease has 5 stages: Stage 1, 2,3 (a,b), 4, 5
Explanation:
- The lower the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), the lower the stage, the worse it is.
- Patients below GFR 50 (below stage 3a) must be evaluated for possible medication dose adjustments.
- Patients with GFR below 15 end up on dialysis.
- GFR above 90 is normal.
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