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We've looked at the six most
probable causes for high creatinine.
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We reminded you gently
but it's really important
to be on the lookout
for acute kidney injury.
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So it doesn't become
chronic kidney injury.
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Now, there's some extra
tests that we can look at
that will help you
determine kidney function.
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24 hour urine are gold standard,
but they're not super convenient
and they can be problematic with
going through multiple shifts
and trying to make sure we
have a complete specimen.
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So here's some other lab work
you'll likely consider and dealing
with a patient who has high creatinine,
eGFR which is an estimated
glomerular filtration rate.
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That's going to tell us how those
individual glomerulus are doing,
how much is moving
through per minute.
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We could look at BUN,
a blood urea nitrogen
and a BUN to serum
creatinine ratio.
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We can look for
protein in the urine,
which is albumin.
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That's a tough one to say,
but it's also not
a very good sign
if you have noticeable
protein in your urine,
your kidneys are really struggling
and starting to show damage.
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Now the last one is an
albumin to creatinine ratio.
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So while a 24 hour urine
is a gold standard.
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These are for other tests
are a little more convenient.
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It can still give us really good
clinical information about
your kidneys function.