Chronic kidney disease and automatic reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate: revised recommendations

• 1 Kidney Health Australia, Adelaide, SA.
• 2 Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.
• 3 University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
• 4 SydPath, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
• 5 University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

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