Don't quiet understand GFR #'s

[Sthrnbell]

I Don't understand the </> with the GFR numbers. Can someone explain it to me please, thank you.

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< means less than > means more than.

[saifomar]

Approximately about 180 liters of fluid are filtered by our kidneys every day. The entire plasma volume of the body (about 3 liters) is filtered 60 times a day! Filtration is primarily driven by hydraulic pressure (blood pressure) in the capillaries of the glomerulus. GFR stands for glomerular filtration rate. GFR is a measure of how well your kidneys filter blood. According to the National Kidney Foundation, normal GFR numbers or readings range from 90 to 120 mL/min/1.73 m2. Sometimes is could be (less than) <90 or (greater than) 60> depending on the kidney health.

[jaykay777 in reply to saifomar]

Thank you for the info. It is more info than my nephrologist gave me.

[Sthrnbell in reply to saifomar]

Thank you so much for the information, this is a very informative site with a lot of very sweet people on it.

[fenal]

basically its a percentage of kidney function. don't know wot yours is but mine is 8 and I am on a kidney machine. if you figures are in 30s and 40s etc you could stay at that level for ages or even for the rest of your lives. the figure in itself is meaningless. wot is important is the trend. If u see it as a graph you can work out at your present rate of renal deterioration when you will get to , say, 14 when dialysis is considered but that would depend on other symptoms eg potassium , fluid retention etc. but trends can suddenly change ie deterioration could plateau or nosedive

[toeragthecat21]

hi egfr percentage is the total filtration rate as if you have two kidneys..so if you only have one kidney the rate would be 50...percent..which means it is working at 100 percent...hope this helps take care .....toerag..chris