Department of Internal Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2011 Nov;23(11):969-73. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32834991f1.
Limitations of serum creatinine in patients with an impaired liver function are well known. The commonly used modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) equation has a low diagnostic performance to approximate kidney function in patients after liver transplantation (LT) and patients with liver cirrhosis (LC). The Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) formula has been shown to provide a more accurate estimation of kidney function in patients with chronic kidney disease, but studies in patients with liver disease are lacking.
We evaluated the diagnostic performance of CKD-EPI in comparison with the re-expressed MDRD formula in patients after LT (group 1; n=59) and in patients suffering from LC (group 2; n=44). GFR was measured by 99mTc-diethylenetriamine penta-acetic acid (group 1) and inulin clearance (group 2). Bias, precision, and accuracy as compared with the measured GFR were determined.
The measured mean GFR (95% confidence interval) was 52.3 ml/min/1.73 m2 (47.7; 56.9; group 1) and 35.3 ml/min/1.73 m2 (29.12; 41.3; group 2), respectively. In transplanted patients GFR estimation by CKD-EPI and MDRD did not significantly differ with respect to bias (9.7 vs. 4.3 ml/min/1.73 m2), precision (16.9 vs. 15.5 ml/min/1.73 m2) and accuracy (64.4 vs. 69.5% within 30% of 'true GFR'). In patients with LC, both formulae showed a very high bias (42.5 vs. 40.1 ml/min/1.73 m2), a very low precision (20.7 vs. 25.7 ml/min/1.73 m2) and accuracy (6.8 within 30% of the measured GFR in both groups).
The CKD-EPI equation does not improve the creatinine-based GFR estimation in patients after LT. In patients with LC, both equations should not be applied as they extremely overestimate GFR.
众所周知,血清肌酐在肝功能受损患者中的应用存在局限性。常用于评估肾功能的改良肾脏病膳食改良公式(MDRD)在肝移植(LT)后患者和肝硬化(LC)患者中,其对肾功能的诊断性能较低。慢性肾脏病流行病学协作组(CKD-EPI)公式已被证明可更准确地评估慢性肾脏病患者的肾功能,但在肝病患者中研究较少。
我们评估了 CKD-EPI 公式与重新表达的 MDRD 公式在 LT 后患者(第 1 组;n=59)和 LC 患者(第 2 组;n=44)中的诊断性能。GFR 通过 99mTc-二乙三胺五乙酸(第 1 组)和菊粉清除率(第 2 组)进行测量。确定与实测 GFR 相比,其偏差、精密度和准确性。
测量的平均 GFR(95%置信区间)分别为 52.3 ml/min/1.73 m2(47.7;56.9;第 1 组)和 35.3 ml/min/1.73 m2(29.12;41.3;第 2 组)。在移植患者中,CKD-EPI 和 MDRD 公式的 GFR 估计值在偏差(9.7 与 4.3 ml/min/1.73 m2)、精密度(16.9 与 15.5 ml/min/1.73 m2)和准确性(64.4 与 69.5%,在“真实 GFR”的 30%以内)方面均无显著差异。在 LC 患者中,两种公式的偏差均很高(42.5 与 40.1 ml/min/1.73 m2),精密度均较低(20.7 与 25.7 ml/min/1.73 m2),准确性也较低(两组中,有 6.8%的 GFR 在 30%以内)。
CKD-EPI 公式并不能改善 LT 后患者基于肌酐的 GFR 估计值。在 LC 患者中,两种公式都不应该使用,因为它们会严重高估 GFR。