Q: My father has diabetes and high blood pressure. Sometimes he fails to follow medical care for these diseases. Now his level of creatinine has reached 2.6 mg/dL, which is very high. He is getting ...

Disagreement between creatinine and cystatin C kidney tests signals a much higher risk of serious disease and death, ...

The creatinine test is a diagnostic test used to measure the levels of creatinine in the blood. A waste product known as creatinine is generated by the muscles during the metabolism of creatine, which ...

The current guideline-recommended creatinine-based eGFR equation incorporates a race coefficient that may overestimate eGFR in Black adults and contribute to discordant care. Among equations for ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m an 87-year-old female who still works part time and still drives and gets around without any help. I’m in fairly good health, except that my creatinine is high. I believe that ...

Dear Doctors: My father has diabetes and high blood pressure. Sometimes he fails to follow medical care for these diseases. Now his level of creatinine has reached 2.6 mg/dL, which is very high. He is ...

Dear Doctors: My father has diabetes and high blood pressure. Sometimes he fails to follow medical care for these diseases. Now his level of creatinine has reached 2.6 mg/dL, which is very high. He is ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I'm an 87-year-old female who still works part time and still drives and gets around without any help. I'm in fairly good health, except that my creatinine is high. I believe that ...