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Creatinine urine test


Urine creatinine levels can be used as a screening test to evaluate kidney function, or can be part of the creatinine clearance test.

Creatinine urine test


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Review Date: 8/21/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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