Creatinine clearance versus creatinine
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MargaretPosted
Sat 08 Aug 2009 12:34am
I went to see my family doctor earlier today. There I was, all concerned about my high creatinine clearance result, but he explained to me that it was a GOOD thing. Eh? Oh yes, it turns out that I had mixed up serum creatinine and creatinine clearance, duuuh…Hmmm, well, as George Bernard Shaw said, A life spent [...]
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Creatinine
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Lauren B.Posted
Wed 27 Aug 2008 8:33amCreatinine 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 creatinineRead on »
Bactrim & elevated creatinine
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Matt S.Posted
Mon 08 Dec 2008 12:00am
The antibiotic Bactrim is frequently associated with an increase in creatinine shortly after starting it. While Bactrim is a not uncommon cause of acute interstitial nephritis (AIN), the most frequent reason for a Bactrim-associated creatinine increase is actually artifactual one. Bactrim inhibits a particular cationic transporter in the proximal
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Blood Work: Understanding BUN and Creatinine
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Lauren B.Posted
Wed 27 Aug 2008 8:33am
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ypically, a BUN level is measured at the same time as a creatininemeasurement. Creatine (note spelling) is a protein that generally...
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
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Is cystatin C the next creatinine?
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Matt S.Posted
Sun 04 Oct 2009 12:00am
As we all know, there are significant limitations to the use of creatinine as an estimate of GFR. Creatinine is freely filtered at the glomerulus, but in addition is also secreted to some degree, meaning that creatinine clearance can overestimate GFR. Furthermore, since creatinine is produced by muscle, individuals with high muscle mass may
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Creatinine Blood Test
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Romelette L.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 what i found out.
Normal levels of creatinine in the blood are approximately 0.6 to 1.2 milligrams (mg) per deciliter (dl) in adult males and 0.5 to 1.1 milligrams per
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Creatinine Still at 1.1
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Nathan M.Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 1:46pm
When I saw the doctor on Thursday, my creatinine was at 1.1. This was higher than the 0.9 or 1.0 that it had been since my transplant. So, the doctor advised that I go to the clinic on Monday (yesterday) to have my blood drawn again to make sure that I was okay.
I got a call from the clinic this morning. They told me that my creatinine was still
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Creatinine from the Black Lagoon
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Tom S.Posted
Wed 25 Apr 2007 1:30pm
) 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 levels.
Allow me to explain:
The functioning of your kidneys is best measured by testing the level of creatinine in your blood. A low level is good and indicates good kidney functioning
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creatinine levels- I am worried
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fatosPosted
Sun 16 Jan 2011 1:24am
Hi,
I hope that somebody can help me with this question. On Dec 1st 2010 I had lab test done and my creatinine was 1.46 and BUN was 27. One year ago I was 190 lbs, now I am... to drink fluids and have the test done 2 weeks later. I did an ultrasound too. I went back and my creatinine was 1.4 and my bun was 25. He said the ultrasound results were good
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Random Urine Protein and Creatinine
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Romelette L.Posted
Thu 24 Jun 2010 2:32am
for a random urine protein and creatinine. I thought at first it was 24 hour so I did do a 24 hour. haha. But then he said I need the random thing. The clinic I usually go
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