NephRef vs NephroCalc

NephRef is both a reference and referral tool designed to educate and empower physicians and advanced practitioners in their care and referral of patients with kidney disease. Conceived and developed by the Section of Nephrology in the Department of Medicine at West Virginia University School of Medicine, NephRef offers a quick and easy link to educational resources and provides information about urgency and interval management of patients referred for specialty consultation. NephRef is an educational tool only. Not for individual patient diagnosis or treatment.

Built by a nephrology fellow navigating the daily grind of rounds, consults, and ICU calls. During training, I found myself constantly reaching for calculators to work through electrolyte corrections, acid-base disorders, and GFR estimates. This app is my answer to that: a single, streamlined tool with the formulas I actually use, organized the way I think about them. Whether you're calculating free water deficit at 2 AM or double-checking an anion gap on rounds, KidneyCalc aims to be the fastest path from question to answer. It's designed by someone doing the work, for others doing the work.