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    Kidney function tests measure how efficiently the kidneys are working by checking their ability to clear waste from the system. Tests can involve blood tests, 24-hour urine samples, or both and include measures of creatinine, creatine clearance, and blood urea nitrogen (BUN). A creatinine test measures how well kidneys are filtering waste from the blood while BUN reveals kidney function by measuring urea nitrogen levels in the blood, with high levels indicating poor kidney function. Normal creatinine and BUN levels vary depending on age and sex.

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    Kidney function tests measure how efficiently the kidneys are working by checking their ability to clear waste from the system. Tests can involve blood tests, 24-hour urine samples, or both and include measures of creatinine, creatine clearance, and blood urea nitrogen (BUN). A creatinine test measures how well kidneys are filtering waste from the blood while BUN reveals kidney function by measuring urea nitrogen levels in the blood, with high levels indicating poor kidney function. Normal creatinine and BUN levels vary depending on age and sex.

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    Kidney function tests measure how efficiently the kidneys are working by checking their ability to clear waste from the system. Tests can involve blood tests, 24-hour urine samples, or both and include measures of creatinine, creatine clearance, and blood urea nitrogen (BUN). A creatinine test measures how well kidneys are filtering waste from the blood while BUN reveals kidney function by measuring urea nitrogen levels in the blood, with high levels indicating poor kidney function. Normal creatinine and BUN levels vary depending on age and sex.

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    Kidney function tests measure how efficiently the kidneys are working by checking their ability to clear waste from the system. Tests can involve blood tests, 24-hour urine samples, or both and include measures of creatinine, creatine clearance, and blood urea nitrogen (BUN). A creatinine test measures how well kidneys are filtering waste from the blood while BUN reveals kidney function by measuring urea nitrogen levels in the blood, with high levels indicating poor kidney function. Normal creatinine and BUN levels vary depending on age and sex.

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    RENAL FUNCTION AND

    STUDIES
    Kidney function tests measure how efficiently your kidneys
    are working. Most of these tests check how well your
    kidneys clear waste from your system. A kidney test may
    involve a blood test, 24-hour urine sample or both. Some
    kidney function tests include creatine, creatinine-urine,
    creatine clearance, and BUN test.
    PURPOSE
    NORMAL AND
    VALUE INDICATION
    A creatinine test is a
    For adult measure of how well your
    kidneys are performing
    men, 0.74 to their job of filtering waste
    from your blood.
    Creatinine is a chemical
    1.35 mg/dL compound left over from
    energy-producing
    (65.4 to 119.3 processes in your
    muscles. Healthy kidneys
    micromoles/ filter creatinine out of the
    CREATININE blood. Creatinine exits
    L) your body as a waste

    product in urine.Low

    For adult creatinine means that


    there is too little creatine
    women, 0.59 being produced in the
    body. This state will relate
    to 1.04 mg/dL to the liver, muscles, or
    diet. High levels of
    creatinine usually mean
    (52.2 to 91.9 that there is too much
    creatine in the body, or
    micromoles/ that creatinine is not
    being filtered and
    L removed from the body
    properly.
    The blood urea nitrogen
    (BUN) test reveals
    important information
    about how well your
    kidneys are working. A
    BUN test measures the
    amount of urea nitrogen
    that's in your blood. A high
    BUN level means your
    kidneys aren't working
    well. But elevated BUN can
    also be due to:
    BLOOD 6 to 24 Dehydration, resulting
    from not drinking enough
    UREA mg/dL
    (2.1 to fluids or for other

    reasons.
    Urinary tract obstruction.
    NITROGEN 8.5 mmol/L ) A low BUN value may be
    caused by a diet very low in
    (BUN) protein, by malnutrition, or
    by severe liver damage.
    Drinking too much liquid
    may cause overhydration
    and cause a low BUN value.
    Women and children may
    have lower BUN levels than
    men because of how their
    bodies break down protein.

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