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A serum creatinine test is a blood examination that assess kidney function by measuring the level of creatinine in the patient’s blood. Creatinine is the waste product generated by muscle activity, which generally gets excreted by kidney after filtering creatinine from blood.
Creatinine serum test plays a pivotal role in monitoring kidney function, where it lacks functioning properly. This leads creatinine gets stored in blood indicating potential kidney damage.
Other names of serum creatinine: Blood creatinine, Kidney function, Renal function, and Urine creatinine.
A blood serum creatinine test should be considered under the following conditions:
A serum creatinine test is done to monitor kidney damage, which commonly includes symptoms like:
Under such evident indications, it is highly recommended to consult a healthcare provider for appropriate treatment and medications.
Symptoms of high serum creatinine commonly includes:
The primary objective of serum creatinine level is to identify the stage of kidney disease, or to monitor an ongoing kidney treatment or kidney transplant. To detect any possible side effects of medicine (drugs), such as, Gentasol or Garamycin, and kidney health of patients with high blood pressure and diabetes.
A low creatinine serum level shows a series of conditions, such as:
Typically, a blood sample type is required for creatinine serum test.
A kidney serum creatinine test can be performed at the patient’s home or at the nearest center by collecting the samples through a home collection facility, allowing easy and convenient access to the creatinine serum test.
A low creatinine level indicates severe liver disease, as liver plays the primary part in producing creatine, low muscle mass (generally occurs to elderly or malnourished people).
While a high creatinine level shows malfunctioning of kidney which commonly leads to chronic kidney disease, dehydration, severe muscle injury. Acute kidney injury.
Generally, no special preparation is required by the patient for kidney serum creatinine test.
Fasting is not necessary for serum creatinine test.
The blood serum creatinine test cost in Delhi NCR is very affordable.
At Mahajan Imaging and Labs, the blood serum creatinine test is priced at ₹150 for South Delhi, North Delhi, East Delhi, West Delhi and Central Delhi, Gurugram / Gurgaon, etc.
In addition to home collection, people can visit Mahajan Imaging and Labs centers located in Defence Colony New Delhi, SDA (Safdarjung Development Area) New Delhi, Pusa Road Delhi, Gurugram Haryana, and Bali Nagar Delhi. Home collection is available throughout Delhi NCR.