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What is a bun test?

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Family practice : It stands for blood urea nitrogen. It is usually run with a creatine test to determine how your kidneys are functioning.

Answered 3/13/2013

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Blood Urea Nitrogen: It is a test which identifies the breakdown products of urea in your blood. Urea is itself a breakdown product of proteins so that the BUN is an indirect measure of protein metabolism. BUN is elevated in kidney dysfunction, fever, increased catabolism, high protein diet and intestinal bleeding.

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Recent blood test showed my bun at 18 and my creative at 1.02 both on high end of range, should I be worried ?

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Just got blood work back. My bun was high at 24. Creatinine was normal at .75. Are further tests warranted.?

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For the past 6 months my BUN has been normal and my Creatitine (blood test) has been very low. What does this mean?

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If your BUN/Creatine ratio is low, and A/G ratio is high, on every blood test. What does this mean? What should I ask?

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My 5 month old son has mcadd. his test showed that his ck levels is 305 and his bun/creat ratio is 35.7 . What does that mean ?

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