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# Creatinine

Creatinine is a waste compound formed in the muscles. Normally this is filtered out by kidneys and released in urine. This serum creatinine test is done to check the values in urine and blood and to determine the functions of the kidneys along with other related pathologies.
Test Code: 95
₹ 100.00

CREATININE:

Creatinine is a metabolic end-product formed by the catabolism of the muscles. This creatinine clearance is an important physiological function of the kidneys and released in urine. Serum and urine creatinine levels are tested to assess the kidney or renal functions, hence its determination of creatinine value indicates as a diagnostic tool in many pathological conditions such as kidney diseases, congenital conditions such as-born errors of metabolism, and conditions like muscular dystrophy.

CLINICAL INFORMATION:

This test is usually done for conditions such as infections to kidneys like glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis, enlarged prostate, blockage of the urinary tract due to kidney stones, decreased blood flow to the kidneys (dehydration, diabetes, and congestive heart failure), drug abuse, and infections to kidneys such as post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, kidney damage or kidney failure, etc. This test is suggested in patients with symptoms like fatigue, muscle cramps, trouble in sleeping, loss of appetite, lower back pain, changes in urine output and frequencies, high blood pressure, swelling or fluid retention, nausea, and vomiting, etc. Other associated tests include Jaffe’s method, enzymatic methods, colorimetric methods, kit methods, spectrometric methods, etc.

General instructions:

SampleRequirement: Specimen - Blood sample drawn from the vein and urine specimen, TestPreparation: Overnight fasting.

NOTE - Sample for specimen collections may vary based on the patient’s condition/cases according to the patient’s presenting complaints/signs or symptoms:

SPECIMEN REQUIREMENT (Special or Rare Cases) - As instructed and guided by Physician / Clinician / Pathologist / as per Laboratory’s requirements, according to procedures and protocols.   

This Multi-Specialty Clinical Referral Laboratory “RTDIAGNOSTICSprovides precise and accuracy tests with an extensive range of testing services to the medical centres to help in the diagnosis and identification of pathology in the test specimens for infectious diseases and also to evaluate the function of organ systems of the patient. It prevents further complications and helps to stabilize and restore health to near normalcy at the earliest without delay.

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