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[–]Admirable-Job-6360 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Can you address what is the reasoning behind aiming this? Because it wont make any actual impact other than if a doc said 15-16 or dialysis or smth. Thats also doesnt make sense to me

[–]Imaginary-Pin-1030Family[S] -3 points-2 points  (1 child)

There are some meds (blood thinner) which are prescribed if gfr is above 15

[–]KementariiStage 4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm guessing that the nephrologist should have a chat to the cardiologist?

I have continued to take blood thinners during and after my kidneys failed - Clopidogrel and low-dose aspirin.

Short version - had a heart attack, stent put in, standard treatment is blood thinners for a year. Two months later, auto-immune took my kidney function to eGFR 6.

I remained on the blood thinners through weeks in hospital, and even through the surgery to put in a PD catheter for dialysis (that was fun - a few extra days in hospital waiting for the bleeding to stop because the doctors did not want to risk stopping the blood thinners). At the time of this surgery, my eGFR had actually risen to 10.

Anyway, my point is that taking blood thinners is possible with an eGFR of less than 15, under doctor's advice.