Getting tested to be a donor - Some Questions
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 7:59 am
Hello all,
I trust everyone is doing well. I recently joined this forum as my brother will need a kidney transplant in the next few years. He is in his mid 30's and received a kidney from our mom a few years back after being on dialysis for a few years. However, he contracted a virus and it has affected his kidney function greatly.
I recently started getting initial tests done to check my suitability. I am 37 years old.
They included a full blood count, blood renal panel and urine analysis. All came back normal according to my doctor.
When he emailed me the results, one thing stuck out. The eGFR was 87 and the report said that the eGFR was calculated using the CKD EPI Calculation.
I understand that that can be fully normal for many people. However, the more I researched online, I found out about the eGFR being a calculation from serum creatinine.
My creatinine was 0.94. When inputting it into the calculation, it says my eGFR is 103. I was 36 when I did the test and am a white male. From my understanding, eGFR is worked on blood creatinine, age, race, height and weight.
This has got me concerned, as I'm sure you can appreciate, I don't want anything to stop me donating a kidney to my brother.
Can anyone shed some light on why the lab got 87 using the exact same calculation (CKD EPI). Is there something I am missing here?
Warm regards,
Harry
I trust everyone is doing well. I recently joined this forum as my brother will need a kidney transplant in the next few years. He is in his mid 30's and received a kidney from our mom a few years back after being on dialysis for a few years. However, he contracted a virus and it has affected his kidney function greatly.
I recently started getting initial tests done to check my suitability. I am 37 years old.
They included a full blood count, blood renal panel and urine analysis. All came back normal according to my doctor.
When he emailed me the results, one thing stuck out. The eGFR was 87 and the report said that the eGFR was calculated using the CKD EPI Calculation.
I understand that that can be fully normal for many people. However, the more I researched online, I found out about the eGFR being a calculation from serum creatinine.
My creatinine was 0.94. When inputting it into the calculation, it says my eGFR is 103. I was 36 when I did the test and am a white male. From my understanding, eGFR is worked on blood creatinine, age, race, height and weight.
This has got me concerned, as I'm sure you can appreciate, I don't want anything to stop me donating a kidney to my brother.
Can anyone shed some light on why the lab got 87 using the exact same calculation (CKD EPI). Is there something I am missing here?
Warm regards,
Harry