Questions and Answers
What are the three measurements required to calculate creatinine clearance?
Urine creatinine, plasma creatinine, and urine volume
What is the standard body surface area to which creatinine clearance is adjusted?
1.73m2
Why does serum creatinine remain constant with age?
Due to decreased muscle mass
What may affect the reliability of calculated creatinine clearance?
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Where does synthesis of new creatine mainly occur?
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What is the most widely used plasma marker of GFR?
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Why is creatinine clearance a relatively easy test to perform?
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What is the formula for calculating creatinine clearance?
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Why may a patient's health problem affecting skeletal muscle affect creatinine clearance?
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What may a patient's temptation to eat a steak during the test affect?
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