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Creatinine values
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Greetings. I want to know is the creatinine value the only gold standard of measuring how well your kidneys are functioning?
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Creatinine is not a good marker of kidney function.
There are many factors which affect its level
1. Age
2. Gender
3. Weight
4. Muscle mass
5. Drugs like antibiotics
6. Hight protein diet
7. Dehydration
8. Difference between one lab to another
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The best available technique doctors use to assess kidney function is
Isotope scan (i.e) Tc99 DTPA, which gives the percentage of kidney function of each kidney separately
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