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Urea nitrogen
Urea nitrogen abbreviated BUN is a chemical in the blood that results from the body's use of proteins and is a waste product. Urea nitrogen is processed in the liver and the kidneys and eliminated from the body in urine.
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A 46-year old asked:
What does a urea nitrogen level of 27 indicate?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: urea nitrogen?
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A 34-year old asked:
Is bun and urea nitrogen the same thing?
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A 47-year old asked:
What is meant by urea nitrogen and is it dangerous?
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A 35-year old asked:
What is the most likely cause of the patient's elevated urea nitrogen?
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A 37-year old asked:
My urea nitrogen is 67.53mg/dl. What is cause , effect and remedy for this?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Urea nitrogen level low, is at 6..what could cause this, should I worry? Creatine ratio is 8
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A 30-year old asked:
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 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 71-year old male asked:
Male 70, urea nitrogen test BUN : high- 30, Creatine test low- .72 BUN/creatine ratio- 42 Serious kidney problem ?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Hi my husband got random rft done. his createnine came back 0.85 which is normal and his urea nitrogen cam back 21.98 normal range ( 6-20) is that anything to be concerned about?
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A 41-year old asked:
Are high blood urea nitrogen levels bad?
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A 32-year old asked:
Is bun and the urea nitrogen result in cmp the same thing?
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A 28-year old female asked:
I am on a vegetarian diet with no exercise my urea nitrogen came back 6.5( 6-20mg/dl)and createnine 0.43 (0.5-0.9 mg/dl).plz coment with egfr of 175.
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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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