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Dear dr. my greandfather is 88 yrs old his urine creatinine is 4.7 so it's need to do kendy dialysis ?

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Creatinine : Hi. Please check on the lab report. --- is the report URINE creatinine, or SERUM creatinine. These are very different. If urine is the report, then he will not need dialysis. If serum, he might.

Answered 10/18/2014

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