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What are the three measurements required to calculate creatinine clearance?
What are the three measurements required to calculate creatinine clearance?
- Urine volume, plasma creatinine, and body surface area
- Height, weight, and urine creatinine
- Urine creatinine, plasma creatinine, and urine volume (correct)
- Duration of collection, plasma creatinine, and urine volume
What is the standard body surface area to which creatinine clearance is adjusted?
What is the standard body surface area to which creatinine clearance is adjusted?
- 2.13m2
- 1.73m2 (correct)
- 2.00m2
- 1.93m2
Why does serum creatinine remain constant with age?
Why does serum creatinine remain constant with age?
- Due to increased muscle mass
- Due to increased kidney function
- Due to increased liver function
- Due to decreased muscle mass (correct)
What may affect the reliability of calculated creatinine clearance?
What may affect the reliability of calculated creatinine clearance?
Where does synthesis of new creatine mainly occur?
Where does synthesis of new creatine mainly occur?
What is the most widely used plasma marker of GFR?
What is the most widely used plasma marker of GFR?
Why is creatinine clearance a relatively easy test to perform?
Why is creatinine clearance a relatively easy test to perform?
What is the formula for calculating creatinine clearance?
What is the formula for calculating creatinine clearance?
Why may a patient's health problem affecting skeletal muscle affect creatinine clearance?
Why may a patient's health problem affecting skeletal muscle affect creatinine clearance?
What may a patient's temptation to eat a steak during the test affect?
What may a patient's temptation to eat a steak during the test affect?
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