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Tag Creatinine
CCC Critical Care Compendium 680

Urea-Creatinine Ratio

The relationship of urea and creatine is dependent on serum laboratory units used to determine the cause of acute kidney injury.
CCC Critical Care Compendium 680

Creatinine

Creatinine = Non-protein end product of creatinine metabolism. Formed from skeletal muscle and excreted in constant amounts. Completely filtered by kidney (marker of GFR). Production proportional to muscle mass