NEWS

nephro 1.5 (2025-02-11)

Date: 2025-02-10
Authors: Cristian Pattaro [email protected], Janina Herold [email protected]
New functions
- Urinary albumin-to-creatinine and protein-to-creatinine ratios: UACR() and UPCR(), respectively
- Urea-to-creatinine and BUN-to-creatinine ratios: UCR() and BCR(), respectively
- Convertion functions Convert.mgdL.umolL() and Convert.mgdL.mmolL() for measurement unit conversion
Updates
- function name CKDEpi_RF.creat() -> changed into CKDEpi2021.creat()
- function name CKDEpi_RF.creat.cys() -> changed into CKDEpi2021.creat.cys()
Documentation fixes
- In the manual, measurement unit for Cystatin C in the crea-cys CKDEpi has been corrected; many thanks to Isaac V. Cohen for spotting it!

Date: 2023-10-10
Authors: Janina Herold [email protected], Thomas Winkler, Cristian.Pattaro [email protected]
New functions
- European Kidney Foundation Consortium (EKFC) formulas
- FAS equations
- Bedside Schwartz equation (courtesy of Andrew Srisuwananukorn)

*Updates

Date: 2022-05-01
Author: Ryosuke Fujii [email protected]
New functions
- CKDEpi.creat.rf() function: race-free CKD-EPI equation for serum creatinine
- CKDEpi.creat.cys.rf() function: race-free CKD-EPI equation for serum creatinine and cystatin C
Documentation fixes
- In the manual, measurement unit for Cystatin C has been corrected

Date: 2017-05-05
Author: Cristian Pattaro [email protected]
Bug fixes
- Serious bug fixed in the CG(): previous wrong formula: eGFR <- (140-age) * wt / 72 * creatinine; current fixed formula: eGFR <- (140-age) * wt / (72 * creatinine); previous CG() results not valid - many thanks to Joao Sabino for uncovering the mistake!

Date: 2015-01-31
Author: Cristian Pattaro [email protected]
Bug fixes
- all functions: a serious bug on NA values has been fixed - many thanks to Max Plisckhe (Medical University of Vienna) who uncovered that!
- CG(): new Cockroft and Gault creatinine clearance estimation function added