What is the NICE kidney failure risk equation (KFRE)?

What is the NICE kidney failure risk equation (KFRE)?

The Kidney Failure Risk Equation is the most accurate and efficient way of finding your risk of needing dialysis or a kidney transplant.

This is the calculator.

You will need 4 pieces of information:

1. Age
2. Gender
3. eGFR (kidney function)
4. ACR (estimate of protein in the urine).

Other resource

CKDEx has a related article on the outlook (prognosis) of CKD.

Last Reviewed on 12 April 2024