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Creatinine clearance
Creatinine clearance is used in clinical practice to give an estimate of overall kidney function, or glomerular filtration rate. Generally normal is considered 100 or above, but it goes down every year and elderly patients may have low clearance which is not abnormal.
Dr. Rajesh Boorgu reviewed this
29 year experience in Nephrology and Dialysis
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Creatinine clearance? What for?
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How to boost your creatinine clearance?
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Creatinine clearance --what exactly is it?
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A 36-year old asked:
Is it ok to have creatinine clearance of 42 at 92 ?
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A 41-year old asked:
Doing creatinine clearance test is pain in the a#@?
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A 42-year old asked:
What are the sources of error for creatinine clearance?
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A 28-year old female asked:
What does it mean when you have a low creatinine clearance?
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A 33-year old asked:
What is the formula for determing a creatinine clearance rate?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: creatinine clearance?
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A 33-year old asked:
My creatinine clearance test came back low. What does this mean?
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A 32-year old asked:
If there is a decline in creatinine clearance, what does that mean?
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A 43-year old asked:
What is a creatinine clearance rate and GFR?
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A 43-year old asked:
Are creatinine clearance and GFR the same thing?
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A 32-year old asked:
Low creatinine clearance in the kidney any remedies?
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A 47-year old asked:
Which level of creatinine clearance is the basis of dialysis?
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A 43-year old asked:
What is the difference between creatinine clearance and inulin clearance?
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A 36-year old asked:
Please answer! what level of creatinine clearance is the basis of dialysis?
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A 40-year old asked:
What is the exact method of urine collection of 24 hours in doing 'creatinine clearance?
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A 48-year old asked:
What comparison or correlation can be made between the creatinine clearance test and GFR?
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A 72-year old male asked:
Testosterone and creatinine clearance?
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A 40-year old asked:
Why are a creatinine clearance test and a serum creatinine test done together?
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A 34-year old asked:
Why would the creatinine clearance test not be useful for detecting early renal disease?
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A 33-year old asked:
I'm wondering why are both a creatinine clearance test and a serum creatinine test done?
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A member asked:
Hi.. id like to know what 3.5mg/dl serum creatinine signify along with a creatinine clearance of 45?
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A 35-year old male asked:
High value of creatinine clearance.Serum creatinine 0, 8mg/dl.Creat. Clearance 165ml/min.Normal value from 80 to130.What's the relevance of high value?
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A 37-year old asked:
Is there a relationship between creatinine clearance and GFR?
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A 35-year old asked:
Why are both a creatinine clearance test and a serum creatinine test done? Pain in the rear to collect.
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A 35-year old male asked:
I am 35 years old.Utp results protean level is 1.0 g/24h , creatinine clearance is 102.4 ml/min .My blood creatinine level is1.05mg/dl .Is it dangerous
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A 46-year old male asked:
My father aged 70 long time renal cyst disease gradually creatinine clearance gone upto 6.5 help !
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A 22-year old male asked:
Sir my mother's estimated creatinine clearance rate is 65.85 ml/min .....what is the interpretation??
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