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Creatinine (/kriˈætɪnɪn, -niːn/; from
Ancient Gr****: κρέας (kréas) 'flesh') is a
breakdown product of
creatine phosphate from
muscle and
protein metabolism...
- urea-to-
creatinine ratio (UCR),
known in the
United States as BUN-to-
creatinine ratio, is the
ratio of the
blood levels of urea (BUN) (mmol/L) and
creatinine...
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through the kidney. The
creatinine clearance rate (CCr or CrCl) is the
volume of
blood plasma that is
cleared of
creatinine per unit time and is a useful...
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Urine protein/
creatinine ratio is a
widely used
initial method to
estimate daily protein excretion in urine.
Since the
diagnosis and
management of proteinuric...
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detect kidney problems. It is not
considered as
reliable as
creatinine or BUN-to-
creatinine ratio blood studies. BUN is an
indication of
kidney health...
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called urea and
electrolytes (U&E or "U and Es"), or urea, electrolytes,
creatinine (UEC or EUC or CUE), and are
often referred to as 'kidney
function tests'...
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albumin in the
sample against its
concentration of
creatinine is helpful. This is
termed the albumin/
creatinine ratio (ACR) and
microalbuminuria is
defined as...
- In enzymology, a
creatinine deaminase (EC 3.5.4.21) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction creatinine + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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antihypertensive drugs. Hypertension.
Severe depression,
severe kidney failure (
creatinine clearance <15 ml/min), as a
precaution in the
absence of
currently available...
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combination of
factors such as
decreased urine production or
increased serum creatinine.
Diagnosis of
chronic failure is
based on a
glomerular filtration rate...
