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What is the definition or description of: random urine creatinine?

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Creatinine in a samp: It is the quantity of urine in a small collection of urine. By dividing the amount of protein in this sampel by the amount of creatinine, we estimate the amount of protein a person would urinate over a day.

Answered 2/20/2017

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See below: On a random spot, unlke on a 24 hour urine collection, urine sample, urine creatinine excretion is measured.

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I recently had a random urine test done, and my protein total random urine is 393. My creatinine two urine is 242.6. Is this high?

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Kindly interpret: my random urine albumin: less than 5.0 mg/l, random urine creatinine: less than 15.0 mg/dl. What is my albuminl:creatinine ratio?

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Is a random urine Protein/creatinine ratio of 405mg/g something to be worried about, or no big deal? Is it only mildy elevated or high?

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I have a urine test don on 1-27-2012 the test come back microalbumin/ creatinine ratio, random urine 2084 how bad is it what i need to do to fix it and how bad is it. I don nothing about the pr.

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Hello doctors. My uACR albumin creatinine ratio random urine is 62. It has always been around 27 in the past. Should I be concerned? Whatmight have made it more than double? When should I recheck it? Is there anything that I can do to try to lower it?

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