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Reason for abnormal urea levels in pneumonia patient?
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It depends: Blood urea level is usually normal in pneumonia unless they have specific infection by group a streptococcus strain which also causes glomerulonephritis. Urea could be high due to dehydration due to fever as well. Some times the medication could give side effect causing high blood urea level due to kidney injury. If one is very sick and septic, they might get kidney injury causing high urea level.
Answered 5/6/2018
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