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Blood urea nitrogen
It's level helps evaluate renal function elevation can mean poor renal function or GI bleeding.
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What's blood urea nitrogen?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: blood urea nitrogen?
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A 31-year old asked:
What does it indicate if you have a high level of blood urea nitrogen?
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A 41-year old asked:
Are high blood urea nitrogen levels bad?
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A 30-year old asked:
What is the most likely reason for having an abnormally high blood urea nitrogen level?
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A 37-year old asked:
Can you explain what 12.86mg/dl bun (blood urea nitrogen) and 1.34 mg/dl creatinine mean?
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A 47-year old asked:
What does these results mean? 27 mg/dl bun (blood urea nitrogen) and 1.3 mg/dl creatinine?
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A 36-year old asked:
What does a 12.86mg/dl bun (blood urea nitrogen) and 1.34 mg/dl creatinine mean? Should i be worried?
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A 45-year old asked:
Recently blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine levels what can I do..?
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A 51-year old female asked about a 53-year old male:
I am a 53 year old male, recently got medically tested. Blood urea nitrogen is 51.24mg/dl ; creatinine serum is 5.46mg%. What is the significance ?
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A 30-year old asked:
Is it possible to have high creatinine, high blood urea nitrogen and high potassium levels simultaneously?
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A 39-year old asked:
Please explain why does blood urea nitrogen bun decrease in hepatic failure ?
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A 47-year old asked:
I was just wondering why does blood urea nitrogen bun decreases hepatic failure ?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Can a patient with ongoing blood transfusion be extracted with blood to be tested for Blood Urea Nitrogen?
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A 39-year old asked:
What types of food lead to high blood urea nitrogen (bun) for a renal failure patient?
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A 30-year old asked:
Are there certain kinds of food that lead to high blood urea nitrogen (bun) for a renal failure patient?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Is my bloodwork concerning? A/G Ratio: 2.6 (Albumin, 4.9 and Globulin, 1.9 were normal). Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN): 21 mg/dl (normal range is 6-20 mg/dl) Red Blood Count High: 5.57 (normal is 3.77-5.28 10E6/ul). All other values normal. Male, age 30?
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A 45-year old asked:
What does a 27 mg/dl bun(blood urea nitrogen) and 1.3 mg/dl creatinine mean? I'm 6 weeks pregnant.
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A 42-year old female asked:
What does high glucose , blood urea nitrogen and creatinine but low GFR usually indicate diabetes or kidney problems?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Wondering what this all means My 3.7 year old Blood tests says Urea Nitrogen 16 is high with standard of 3-12 Bun creatinine ratio is 48 standard is 6-22 Creatinine is .33 which it says in standard range which is 0.20- 0.73 Globulin was low 1.9?
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A 44-year old female asked:
Uriine-urythocytes high, ketones 20,leukocyte esters large, leukocytes 40, nitrates positive. In blood-leukocytes high, urea nitrogen low. Am i dying?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Blood work came back and my creatinine level is 0.49 and urea nitrogen is 7. What does this mean?
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A 42-year old female asked:
On my blood test it says IRON BINDING CAPACITY LOW 206 AND UREA NITROGEN LOW 6 what does that mean?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I went and got some blood work done and I have a couple questions. It shows that my results from Neutrophils and it shows 74 percent. My urea nitrogen is a 5. My co2 is 21mEq/L. My lipse is a 11. Should I be worried? Also my mpv is 9.6FL. Im?
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A 62-year old male asked:
Blood work done these are the results Urea nitrogen 22.2 high Urea nitrogen / creatinine 20.6 high Being a hep c patient Concern or not ?
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A 77-year old female asked:
I have gallstones, was having some pain, and not feeling to well. Also pain in back lower right side. My blood work shows CREATININE 1.11, BUN/CREATININE RATIO 23, UREA NITROGEN (BUN) 26. Everything else was normal. What could cause this?
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A 23-year old female asked:
My blood work came back and everything is in the green except for my BUN/CREATININE (34) and my Urea Nitrogen(27 mg.) levels are high. My red blood cell count is low at 3.66L. I was just wondering what this could mean?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I routinely have high urea nitrogen and bun/creatinine ratio blood test results. This combined with frequent peeing at night and puffy hands/face in the morning and occasionally during the day Make me wonder if I have a kidney problem. ?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Had blood work done. My creatinine was 0.68 GFR >60 bun/creat ratio 37.9 urea nitrogen 19 sodium 139 potassium 5.3 chloride 106. Is this all normal.
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A 59-year old female asked:
Sore throat swollen glands 6 weeks blood work bun is 37.7 urea nitrogen 26 creantinitie 0.69 gfr>90. what may be wrong?
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