Creatinine

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Dog and Cat Medicine Mind Map on Creatinine, created by Shrea Patel on 16/03/2014.
Shrea Patel
Mind Map by Shrea Patel, updated more than 1 year ago
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Creatinine
  1. Production influenced marginally by diet, mostly by muscle mass
    1. Not resorbed so best indicator of GFR
      1. Samples: Plasma, serum, abd fluid
        1. Decrease in Creatinine
          1. False readings
            1. Haemolysis can do it
            2. Low BCS
            3. Increase in Creatinine
              1. False elevations
                1. lipaemic samples
                  1. Haemolysis may depending on testing method
                    1. Hyperbilirubinaemia variably depending on level of icterus
                    2. Drug effects
                      1. Aminoglycosides
                        1. Corticosteroids
                          1. Ethylene glycol
                            1. NSAIDs
                              1. Frusemide
                              2. Reduced GFR (75% nephron loss)
                                1. See urea
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