The decision to proceed with renal transplantation is made on the basis of a given patient having irreversible end-stage renal disease (ESRD) or near ESRD. In the case of patients with slowly ...

Understanding your creatinine levels is important for monitoring kidney function. When you go for your yearly check-up, you'll likely have a routine blood test for creatinine. In some ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67(4):274-279. The objectives of this study were to develop and test an adjustment factor (AF) for estimating aminoglycoside clearance (CL amino) from the Cockcroft–Gault ...

To check for renal insufficiency and ward off complications, such as lactic acidosis, I calculate the creatinine clearance of my diabetic patients taking metformin (Glucophage). At what creatinine ...

Some elderly patients show gradual increases in creatinine even when hypertension, blood glucose levels, etc., are well controlled. When should these patients be referred to nephrology or come in for ...

Creatinine levels are measured to gauge how well a person's kidneys are functioning. Normal creatinine levels are between 0.7 to 1.3 mg/dL for men, and 0.6 to 1.1 mg/dL for women. To lower your ...