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What Does Creatine Do To Your Body
Health Encyclopedia: Creatinine Serum
Serum creatinine
What the risks are
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling light-headed
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)
- Multiple punctures to locate veins
Why is the test performed:
A measurement of the serum creatinine level is used to evaluate kidney function.
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...and cocaine. Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample may be more difficult from some people than from... Read more »Creatinine: urine
...fluctuates little in most normal people over long periods of time. Creatinine is excreted from the body entirely by the kidneys. With normal kidney function, the serum (blood) creatinine level... Read more »Creatinine: urine
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