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Kidney Diseases |
Blood Tests10/01/2009 |
Recently I had a CBC done (last week), and the doctor just mailed the results to me in the mail. I was alarmed when I saw that my BUN/CREAT level was 30.0. In addition, for the last three months my ankles and legs have been swollen and I was diagnosed with cellulitis; then I developed C Diff from vancomycin.Could I have renal failure?
Cannot tell from a ratio if you have renal failure. For example you could have a normal creatinine of 0.6mg/dl and a BUN of 18 which is a ratio of 30. You could have an elevated creatinine of 3mg/dl with a BUN of 90 and still have a ratio of 30. You need to know the value of the creatinine.
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Thomas Zipp, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University |
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