What Is Creatinine
Health Encyclopedia: Creatinine Urine
Urine creatinine - spot collection
What the risks are
There are essentially no risks.
Special considerations
Drugs that can increase creatinine measurements include: aminoglycosides (gentamicin), cimetidine, heavy metal chemotherapeutic agents (Cisplatin), and nephrotoxic drugs, such as cephalosporins (cefoxitin).
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Expert & Community Posts
Metformin and the risk of lactic acidosis
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...or renal dysfunction (e.g., as suggested by serum creatinine levels =1.5 mg/dL [males], =1.4... Read more »
Kidney tests for people with diabetes
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...the word "bun", but by its initials: "B-U-N." creatinine: Like the BUN, a indicator of kidney... Read more »
Protecting our Kidneys
By David Mendosa , Health ExpertOur doctors commonly prescribe ACE inhibitors and ARBs when we have high blood pressure. They help... Read more »
How to Protect Your Kidneys
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...mg (the normal amount should be below 150) or the creatinine level in the blood is over 3.0... Read more »
Testing Cholesterol and Glucose
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...recently replaced the Bioscanner 2000, which also tested creatinine. PTS no longer supports the... Read more »
Health Guide
Creatinine: serum
Serum creatinine What the risks are Excessive bleeding Fainting or feeling light-headed Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin) ... Read more »Creatinine: serum
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...dies, the dead cells release chemicals into the blood. One chemical that is routinely evaluated is creatinine phosphokinase (CPK), specifically the MB isoform. Another set of chemicals belongs to... Read more »Type 2 Diabetes: Screening Tests - Fasting Plasma Glucose
...with diabetes receive an annual microalbuminuria urine test. Patients should also have their blood creatinine tested at least once a year. Creatinine is a waste product that is removed from the... Read more »Images
Medications
...calcium, phosphate, and magnesium levels, albumin, serum creatinine) will be performed to... Read more »
...certain laboratory tests (including thyroid tests, creatinine levels), possibly causing false... Read more »
...calcium, phosphate, and magnesium levels, albumin, serum creatinine) should be performed... Read more »
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