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Creatinine Blood Test by Romelette L. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 11 Mar 2009 3:19pm On my last laboratory, I asked to have a creatinine. Though it was not part of my doctor’s order i still wanted to check it out. For those of you who don’t know creatinine is a blood test that is used to gauge if your kidneys are functioning well. So I got a little paranoid when I saw that my crea is below the normal level. I researched a little ... Read on »

Blood Work: Understanding BUN and Creatinine by Lauren B. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008 8:33am In order to determine kidney function, a blood test called the BUN Creatinine is performed. BUN stands for b lood u rine n itrogen. It measures how much urea is present in the bloodstream. High levels of urea indicate that the kidneys are having trouble filtering it out. The most noticeable effect of impaired kidney function is a marked decrease ... Read on »

Creatinine from the Black Lagoon by Tom S. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 25 Apr 2007 1:30pm I met Brenda at the hospital today (six days post-transplant) for our post-operative check-ups. Brenda looks and feels great. We are both off of our narcotic (and delicious) painkillers in favor of (plain, boring) Tylenol. My wounds (three of them) from surgery are all healing well. I was mostly interested in finding out our current creatinine l ... Read on »

Is checking creatinine really useful once you are on regular dialysis? by Kamal S. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 07 Nov 2011 9:47pm Most dialysis centers have standard protocols when it comes to monthly blood tests. Most centers have Serum Creatinine as one of the tests required to be done as part of these tests. From Wikipedia : "Creatinine is a break-down product of creatine phosphate in muscle, and is usually produced at a fairly constant rate by the body (depending o ... Read on »

Kidney function improved by exercise by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 3:32pm We already know that exercise helps to prevent heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, obesity and certain cancers, and may extend life span. Now a report from Italy shows that exercise may also help to prevent kidney damage that occurs with aging ( Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine , May 2008). Doctors measure kidney function by calculati ... Read on »

Creatinine by Lauren B. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008 8:33am Creatinine is a product that forms when creatine phosphate, a component of muscle tissue, is broken down. As this creatinine builds up in the blood, it is filtered into the urine by the kidneys. If the kidney function has been impaired by strong medications, creatinine levels will increase in the blood, due to decreased excretion of creatinine ... Read on »

February 8, 2011 by Michael B. Posted Tue 08 Feb 2011 1:30pm By all indications, one of the necessary evils of dealing with any disease is the constant and consistent need for blood work. To break it down to the simplest terms, blood work is often what is used to confirm or refute an initial diagnosis. If the diagnosis is confirmed, then this will, inevitably, lead to many, many more needle sticks. Of c ... Read on »

Who Gets High Blood Pressure from Salt? by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 14 Mar 2013 6:53pm Not everyone gets high blood pressure from taking in too much salt. The people who are most likely to get high blood pressure from taking in too much salt are those whose cells do not respond well to insulin (Hypertension, Jan 2013). People whose cells do not respond well to insulin are called "insulin resistant". On the other hand, thos ... Read on »

Can proteins in the blood pr ... by Dr. Rubens D. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 21 Dec 2011 9:10pm Can proteins in the blood predict an early death? Certain measures of kidney health may predict who is likely to die prematurely, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The findings suggest that some markers of kidne ... Read on »

good news: blood tests and PET scan by Donna Peach Patient Expert

Posted Thu 07 Jan 2010 12:00am My hemonc nurse called to let me know that the results of my blood tests from yesterday showed that my creatinine level had improved. Yeah, yeah, yeah. In fact, the other values that also indicated kidney function issues had also improved. I have an appointment with my oncologist next week to review all the results from the blood tes ... Read on »