At What Point Should An Elderly Person With Reduced Kidney Function See A Specialist?

Posted on Fri, 18 May 2018

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Question : At what point should a person with reduced kidney function see a specialist (73/F)?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Muhammad Sareer Khalil (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Renal function tests

Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,

I appreciate your concern...

As a general rule, the cause should be determined, whether its prerenal, renal or postrenal failure.

If the renal function tests are deteriorating quickly e.g. a 1.5 fold rise in creatinine over 6 hours or 0.3 mg/dl rise.

You may upload/attach the lab results here so that I can analyze them to comment further.

Best Wishes

Thanks

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee