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Abstract

Diagnostic Pathways for Exclusion and Diagnosis of Kidney Diseases by Walter Hofmann, Jochen H. H. Ehrich, Walter G. Guder, Frieder Keller, Jürgen E. Scherberich

In 2006, the German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine together with the Society of Nephrology founded a working group with the aim to develop diagnostic pathways for the detection and differentiation of renal diseases. Based on existing recommendations, these pathways may be structured to be a basis for implementation into hospital and laboratory information systems. The present paper describes the contents of these pathways regarding glomerular filtration rate, hematuria, leukocyturia and proteinuria.

DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2012.110914