WF-77EQE2
Kidney Testing Method Allegedly Underestimated Risk of Black Patients
Decades-long use of the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) method to test kidney function which considers race has been criticized by physicians and medical students for its racist history and inaccuracy against Black patients.
- Date it happened
- 1999-03-16
- Organisation involved
- Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration
- Product, system or model
- There is no AI. The harm comes from a formula that was developed in the 1990s and uses race as a factor.
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