Abstract

ALEMAN ZAMORA, Adialys; PEREZ DE ALEJO RODRIGUEZ, Lutgarda María; GONZALES ALVAREZ, Yusimí  and  MORE CHANG, Carmen Xiomara. Cystatin c: the need to know it in the preventive care of kidney damage. EDUMECENTRO [online]. 2023, vol.15  Epub Mar 30, 2023. ISSN 2077-2874.

Knowledge and updating on Cystatin C as a marker of early kidney damage is extremely necessary for health professionals with a view to improving early diagnosis of kidney disease. The authors carried out an updated bibliographical review through various scientific studies, which allowed us to inform that even when for the evaluation of renal function one of the most widely used conventional blood markers is creatinine, the Cystatin C blood study is not subjected to different sources of biological variability, nor to factors dependent on the patient, so it would be ideal to take it into account as a marker of early renal function.

Keywords : Cystatin C; creatinine; glomerular filtration rate; education, medical.

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