24-HOURS URINE CREATININE CLEARANCE:
Creatinine Clearance test is also known as CRCL and CCT. Creatinine produced by the breakdown of creatine. The kidney eliminates creatinine in the urine. CRCL is used to monitor the function of the Kidney and detecting kidney-related diseases.
CLINICAL INFORMATION :
This test is usually done for conditions such as infections to kidneys like glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis, enlarged prostate, blockage of the urinary tract due to kidney stones, decreased blood flow to the kidneys (dehydration, diabetes, and congestive heart failure), drug abuse, and infections to kidneys such as post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, kidney damage or kidney failure, etc. This test is suggested in patients with symptoms like fatigue, muscle cramps, trouble in sleeping, loss of appetite, lower back pain, changes in urine output and frequencies, high blood pressure, swelling or fluid retention, nausea, and vomiting, etc. Other associated tests include Jaffe’s method, enzymatic methods, colorimetric methods, kit methods, spectrometric methods, etc.
General instructions:
SampleRequirement:Specimen - 24 hours of urine specimen, TestPreparation: Overnight fasting.
NOTE - Sample for specimen collections may vary based on the patient’s condition/cases according to the patient’s presentingcomplaints / signs or symptoms:
SPECIMEN REQUIREMENT (Special or Rare Cases) - As instructed and guided by Physician / Clinician / Pathologist / as per Laboratory’s requirements, according to procedures and protocols.
This Multi-Specialty Clinical Referral Laboratory “RTDIAGNOSTICS” provide precise and accurate tests with an extensive range of testing service to the medical centers to help in the diagnosis and identification of pathology in the test specimens for infectious diseases and also to evaluate the function of organ systems of the patient. It prevents further complications and helps to stabilize and restore health to near normalcy at the earliest without delay.
