NEWS.md

In nephro: Utilities for Nephrology

nephro 1.5

• Date: 2025-02-10

• Authors: Cristian Pattaro [e-mail], Janina Herold [e-mail]

• 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!

nephro 1.4

• Date: 2023-10-10

• Authors: Janina Herold [e-mail], Thomas Winkler, Cristian.Pattaro [e-mail]

• New functions

• European Kidney Foundation Consortium (EKFC) formulas
• FAS equations
• Bedside Schwartz equation (courtesy of Andrew Srisuwananukorn)

*Updates + function name CKDEpi.creat.rf() -> changed into CKDEpi_RF.creat() + function name CKDEpi.creat.cys.rf() -> changed into CKDEpi_RF.creat.cys()

nephro 1.3

• Date: 2022-05-01

• Author: Ryosuke Fujii [e-mail]

• 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

nephro 1.2

• Date: 2017-05-05

• Author: Cristian Pattaro [e-mail]

• 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!

nephro 1.1

• Date: 2015-01-31

• Author: Cristian Pattaro [e-mail]

• 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

nephro 1.0

• Date: 2013-01-30

• Author: Cristian Pattaro [e-mail]

• initial version released to CRAN

nephro documentation built on April 3, 2025, 7:45 p.m.