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Spot urine: creat: 40.6 mg/dl, prot: 38.1; prot/creat ratio 938 mg/g. if creat. is normal but protein is high, should i be concerned?

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Dr. Edgar Mendizabal answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

A little: Protein. In the urine will be abnormal way before creatinine changes.

Answered 11/5/2013

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Lab data: Could not even begin to explain the significance of changes in a spot urine in 400 characters, and even if could, lab values should only be interpreted in the context of a full clinical assessment. Talk to the doctor who ordered this. It is their responsibility.

Answered 11/6/2013

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A member asked:

Spot urine: creat: 40.6 mg/dl, prot: 38.1; prot/creat ratio 938 mg/g. if creat. is normal but protein is high, should i be concerned?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. Edgar Mendizabal answered

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