A patient with serum creatinine of 61 mg/dl

Spurious elevation of serum creatinine by Jaffe assay is known to occur due to a variety of substances. This results in subjecting the patient to invasive and complicated procedures such as dialysis. We report a rare case of false elevation of this renal parameter following exposure to an organic so...

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Main Authors: S Sriram, S Srinivas, PSR Naveen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Nephrology
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Online Access:http://www.indianjnephrol.org/article.asp?issn=0971-4065;year=2017;volume=27;issue=1;spage=69;epage=71;aulast=Sriram
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spelling doaj-40d00104c40c46238e5d3cd87fd4e6612020-11-24T22:52:45ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Nephrology0971-40651998-36622017-01-01271697110.4103/0971-4065.179202A patient with serum creatinine of 61 mg/dlS SriramS SrinivasPSR NaveenSpurious elevation of serum creatinine by Jaffe assay is known to occur due to a variety of substances. This results in subjecting the patient to invasive and complicated procedures such as dialysis. We report a rare case of false elevation of this renal parameter following exposure to an organic solvent.http://www.indianjnephrol.org/article.asp?issn=0971-4065;year=2017;volume=27;issue=1;spage=69;epage=71;aulast=SriramFalse elevationJaffe assaynitromethaneserum creatinine
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S Srinivas
PSR Naveen
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A patient with serum creatinine of 61 mg/dl
Indian Journal of Nephrology
False elevation
Jaffe assay
nitromethane
serum creatinine
author_facet S Sriram
S Srinivas
PSR Naveen
author_sort S Sriram
title A patient with serum creatinine of 61 mg/dl
title_short A patient with serum creatinine of 61 mg/dl
title_full A patient with serum creatinine of 61 mg/dl
title_fullStr A patient with serum creatinine of 61 mg/dl
title_full_unstemmed A patient with serum creatinine of 61 mg/dl
title_sort patient with serum creatinine of 61 mg/dl
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Indian Journal of Nephrology
issn 0971-4065
1998-3662
publishDate 2017-01-01
description Spurious elevation of serum creatinine by Jaffe assay is known to occur due to a variety of substances. This results in subjecting the patient to invasive and complicated procedures such as dialysis. We report a rare case of false elevation of this renal parameter following exposure to an organic solvent.
topic False elevation
Jaffe assay
nitromethane
serum creatinine
url http://www.indianjnephrol.org/article.asp?issn=0971-4065;year=2017;volume=27;issue=1;spage=69;epage=71;aulast=Sriram
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