No, both urea and urine are different. In humans, urea is a nitrogen-containing waste substance that the kidneys clear from the blood and excrete into the urine. Human urine consists of water, urea, inorganic salts, creatinine, ammonia, and pigmented products. Amino acids are derived from pro...
urine dipstickquestionnaireproteinuriaObjectives: Prior data demonstrated that a urine dipstick used alone was a sensitive predictor of abnormal creatinine, but not sufficiently enough to forego screening of serum creatinine prior to administration of contrast for diagnostic studies. The authors ...
Because blood urea nitrogen (BUN) level depends on hepatic synthetic function, the level may be misleadingly low; thus, the creatinine level better indicates kidney injury. As in hepatorenal syndrome, urine sodium and fractional sodium excretion ...
Type of Participants Subjects were recruited by research associates and included patients that had both a serum creatinine result reported by the laboratory and a urine dipstick result reported in the medical record. Only patients greater than 18 years of age were included. The study sample was ...