{"id":32888,"date":"2023-04-02T11:58:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T08:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/?p=32888"},"modified":"2023-04-18T23:45:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:45:32","slug":"serum-creatinine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/serum-creatinine\/","title":{"rendered":"Serum creatinine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>About the test<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Creatinine is the final product of creatine\u2019s metabolism, found in skeletal muscles. Following its production, it enters the blood circulation and is finally excreted from the body through the kidneys.<\/p>\n<p>Combined with urea test, it constitutes a significant marker for kidney function evaluation.. \u0399ts value depends on the total muscle mass and is therefore lower in women and kids.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sample<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Venous blood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not required<\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Venipuncture<\/p>\n<p><strong>Increased values<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dehydration<\/li>\n<li>Diabetic nephropathy<\/li>\n<li>Glomerulonephritis<\/li>\n<li>Renal failure<\/li>\n<li>Muscular dystrophy<\/li>\n<li>Pyelonephritis<\/li>\n<li>Preeclampsia<\/li>\n<li>Rhabdomyolysis<\/li>\n<li>Drugs: Diuretics,\u00a0 cephalosporines, captopril.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Decreased values<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diabetic ketoacidosis<\/li>\n<li>Myasthenia Gravis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Creatinine levels should be checked before diagnostic imaging performed using contrast media as Contrast Infused Nephropathy or Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis may be caused in patients with renal impairment.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creatinine is the final product of creatine\u2019s metabolism, found in skeletal muscles. Following its production, it enters the blood circulation and is finally excreted from the body through the kidneys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33269,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-list-of-exams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32888"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33499,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32888\/revisions\/33499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}