Research Article

Complex Monitoring of Biochemical and Radionuclide Parameters in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma during Immunotherapy

Table 1

Relationship between CKD and FSS gradation: a radionuclide estimate for the total renal function.

CKD stageRenal function characteristicGFR level (mL/min/1.73 m2)FSS characteristicFSS index gradation

1High and optimal>90Status 1
high level slightly decreased 
(stable or conditionally stable compensation)
1a
2Slightly decreased60–891b

Slightly decreased45–59Status 2
moderately decreased 
(conditionally stable compensation, transitionally unsustainable level of compensation)

2a
3bSignificantly decreased30–44
2b

4Severely decreased15–29Status 3
moderately to severely decreased 
(unstable compensation or decompensation)
3a 
3b

5End-stage renal failure<15Decompensation4