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Raised Serum Creatinine/Reduced Estimated Glomerular Filtrate

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The finding of an elevated creatinine level may be the first sign of chronic kidney disease. This affects 10 % of the population, usually occurring in the context of chronic disease such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, systemic atherosclerosis, and heart failure which accounts for 95 % of patients. This chapter provides a pathway to evaluate the significance of an elevated creatinine and is directed towards doctors working in both primary and secondary care.

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  1. Department of Nephrology, Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust, Pond Street, London, NW3 1TXT, UK

    Robin G. Woolfson M.D., FRCP

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  1. , Dipartimento di Discipline Medico Chirur, Università degli Studi di Torino, C.so Dogliotti, Turin, 10126, Italy

    Paolo Gontero

  2. The Prostate Centre, Wimpole Street, London, W1G 8GT, United Kingdom

    Roger S. Kirby

  3. , Department of Urology, University of North Carolina, Bioinformatics Building 2140, Chapel Hill, 27599-7235, USA

    Culley C. Carson III

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Woolfson, R.G. (2013). Raised Serum Creatinine/Reduced Estimated Glomerular Filtrate. In: Gontero, P., Kirby, R., Carson III, C. (eds) Problem Based Urology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4634-6_25

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