Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) level is another indicator of kidney function. Urea is a metabolic byproduct that can also build up if kidney function is impaired. The BUN-to-creatinine ratio generally provides more precise information about kidney function and its possible underlying cause compared with...
When your BUN levels are compared to your creatinine levels, it gives a fuller picture of what’s happening with your kidneys. This is known as the BUN/creatinine ratio. Creatinine is a waste product from your muscles that's also filtered by your kidneys. Like BUN, high levels of creatinin...
Objectives:This study aimed to explore the relationship between the blood urea nitrogen/creatinine (BUN/Cre) ratio and all-cause or cause-specific mortality in the general population. Methods:Participants were enrolled from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) during 1999 to ...
Volume depletion leads to enhanced proximal tubule salt and water retention, thereby increasing the passive reabsorption of urea, leading to a rise in the normal blood urea nitrogen (BUN) to creatinine ratio from the normal level of 10:1 to over 20:1. Factors that alter urea generation ...
The association between blood urea nitrogen to creatinine ratio (UCR) and survival is uncertain in hemodialysis patients. We examined the influence of UCR on mortality and morbidity in hemodialysis patients. A total of 3,401 hemodialysis patients were prospectively followed for 4 years. The ...
Patients with COVID-19 may experience a persistent increase in the blood urea nitrogen over creatinine ratio (PI-BUN/Cr). Its elevation could reflect multiple underlying pathophysiological processes beyond prerenal injury but also warrants nuanced interp
Blood ureanitrogen (BUN) level is a useful indicator ofprotein breakdown. View chapter Book 2012,Clinical Skills for Pharmacists (Third Edition) Chapter Acute Kidney Injury Diagnostics and Biomarkers Creatinine as a Biomarker Creatinine levels in the serum were first reported to be a marker of chron...
(mmol/L) Creatinine (mg/dL) Glucose (mg/dL) BUN (mg/dL) Comorbidity, n(%) Myocardial Infarction Congestive Heart Failure Peripheral Vascular Disease Chronic Pulmonary Disease Diabetes Cerebrovascular Disease Severe Liver Disease Time in ICU (days) Time in hospital (days) ICU mortality, n(%) ...
Clinical characteristics including gender, age, ethnicity and other factors as well as laboratory parameters such as BUN, creatinine and so on were associated with in-hospital mortality in patient with AMI patients. Interestingly, concomitant diseases such as heart failure, hypertension, and diabetes ...
Given the high correlation (Pearson coefficient >0.9) between HCT, HGB, and RBC, only HCT was included in the final clustering, leaving 8 measurements: anion gap (ANION), blood-urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine (CRE), hematocrit (HCT), glucose (GLU), platelet count (PLT), red cell ...