Normal range: 15-45 mg/dL
:Comment
:Increased in impaired kidney function
-1
Decreased renal perfusion as in congestive heart failure, salt and water depletion due to vomiting, diarrhea, diuresis or sweating; shock; in combination with increased protein catabolism, as in hemorrhage into GI tract, stress burns
-2
Acute or chronic intrinsic renal disease
-3
Post-renal obstruction to urine flow
-4
High protein diet
Decreased levels: low protein and high carbohydrates diets; late pregnancy, infancy, acromegaly, sever liver damage, drug poising and impaired absorption celiac disease
Sample: Serum