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Creatinine test urine is normally performed as a part of the comprehensive metabolic panel or the basic metabolic panel (BMP or CMP) tests, which are done to test the functioning of the major organs of the body like liver, kidney etcetera. Creatinine clearance test is performed in most cases in association with BUN (blood, urea, nitrogen), which is a part of the kidney function tests.

The reference range for creatinine is 0.9 to 1.3 mg/dL in men and 0.6 to 1.1 mg/dL in women. A high level of creatinine is indicative of conditions that might affect the kidney functioning, which can include conditions like glomerulonephritis, autoimmune disease, pyelonephritis, acute tubular necrosis, or complications due to CHF, atherosclerosis or diabetes.

A high level of creatinine is also possible due to the damage of the death of cells in the kidneys, a condition called acute tubular necrosis, which can be caused by some drugs and toxins; however, there are some other drugs like cephalosporin’s, which can cause increase in creatinine levels without causing any kidney damage.

Creatinine test urine is recommended for those that are taking drugs on a regular basis, the helps to monitor any possible damages that the drugs could cause to the kidney.

Low levels of creatinine are quite rare and are liable to be found in cases of pregnancy; if there are low levels of creatinine in the urine below the lower range of normal, it might be due to some detoxification practices like flushing in lot of liquids to remove excess toxins from the body. Excessive drinking of water is a flushing technique adopted by some people to flush toxins and abusive drugs out of their body. When too much of water is drunk by a person, it causes the flushing of drugs and also it causes low levels of creatinine because even the creatinine gets washed away with the urine like any other drug, thus leading to low levels of creatinine in the urine.

Specimen adulteration testing uses creatinine level as a criterion along with other parameters like pH, specific gravity etcetera for specimen validity testing. A specimen validity test plays a major role in ensuring that the sample that is being tested is a genuine one and not a sample that has been diluted or adulterated.

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Specific gravity urine test shows the degree of concentration of the urine.  It aids in the measurement of the kidney’s ability to concentrate and excrete urine.  The number, weight, and size of the solutes in urine determine the specific gravity, which is also known as the density of urine.  Under normal conditions the specific gravity of urine is inversely proportional to the volume of urine.  When it is very hot, the person that is sweating profusely and has not been taking enough fluids will have a very low urine output and if they have been taking more amounts of fluid and have not been perspiring then the urine output will be more and the specific gravity will be less.

This concept of specific gravity of the urine forms the foundation for specific gravity test in I cup drug testing and icup drug screen where the urine specific gravity will be low if the person has tried to flush out metabolites by drinking abnormal quantities of water.

Low specific gravity is that which is below 1.005 as the result of either renal disease or excessive fluid intake.  This can also be the case of having taken lot of diuretics or may be due to diabetes insipidus.  In cases of drug abuse testing, the MRO concludes dilution of the sample on the basis of other factors like pH apart from specific gravity; however, the difference in specific gravity will also be considered on the basis of the disease condition of the donor.  In most cases a variation in specific gravity is due to some kind of adulteration of the sample.

A high specific gravity of above 1.030 is usually caused by concentrated urine probably as a result of low fluid intake, loss of fluid through the body, dehydration and kidney disease.  Normally in most of the cases of dilution low specific gravity is seen except in some rare cases where the donor has tried out low quality detox products, when some kinds aldehydes, peroxidase, halogens, bleach  etcetera are present. Also, in some cases protein related disorders might be the case.

•    Specific gravity testing can be done on a random urine specimen.
•    The urine specimen be at room temperature when it is being tested at approximately 71 degree Fahrenheit.
•    In cases where the patient has fever it might be optimal to wait for the sample to come down to 71 degrees Fahrenheit.

In some cases artificial urine samples will be provided by the donor they might have tried to keep the pouch under the arm to have the temperature come up.  Anyways, all these can be detected using integrity test methods and finally we can come up with the result on whether the sample is legit.

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