Normal Gfr Levels After Kidney Transplant. The 2015 canadian transplant society cts guidelines governing kidney paired donation recommend egfr as a first step and then either a measured urinary cr clearance or an mgfr. If gfr goes down it s a bad sign.
26 a similar approach is proposed by the american organ procurement and transplantation network without an explicit mention of exogenous tracer mgfr. Living kidney donation results in an immediate 50 reduction in renal mass and also glomerular filtration rate gfr that subsequently reaches approximately 60 to 70 of the predonation value. Low kidney function is low kidney function regardless of the number of kidneys we possess.
This may change dependent on your body size the size of the kidney donor and degree of hydration that is present.
If gfr goes down it s a bad sign. In most cases the serum creatinine after a kidney transplant is between 1 0 and 1 9 milligrams per deciliter mg dl. 26 a similar approach is proposed by the american organ procurement and transplantation network without an explicit mention of exogenous tracer mgfr. A normal glomerular filtration rate gfr for a well functioning transplanted kidney would be less than 60 based upon the age and gender of the patient.