title: Evaluation of renal function.
abstract: The patient's history, physical examination, and routine urinalysis (including an expert assessment of the urinary sediment) are of paramount importance for the evaluation of a patient with possible renal dysfunction. The four tests most commonly used to establish the presence, extent, and the rate of progression of renal dysfunction are BUN, PCr, CCr, and 24-hour protein excretion. All four tests reflect glomerular function. However, their use to evaluate general renal function is justified by the structural and functional interdependence of tubular and vascular elements of the kidney.
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000503:physiopathology; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D003401:Creatine / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000503:physiopathology; D009393:Nephritis / Q000503:physiopathology; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D003401:Creatine