WHAS 11: Health expert raises awareness for kidney testing in honor of National Kidney Month

Click here to watch CAP President Emily E. Volk, MD, FCAP, discuss non-race-based quations with ABC affiliate WHAS11 in Louisville, KY. "eGFR is a measure of how well your kidneys are taking out the toxins in your blood and how well your kidneys are working," explains Dr. Volk. "It's a tool doctors use to identify patients who are at risk for more severe kidney disease. For years, we used sex, weight and race to adjust the number for eGFR in addition to measuring the blood levels for a protein called creatinine. Now we understand race is not a biological thing, it's a social construct."