CR

Creatinine and eGFR

Blood/ Plain blood (Red top) 6 mL, 1 tube

Serum, minimum volume 0.5 mL

Plastic vial

Specimen Type	Temperature	Time
Serum	Refrigerated, 2oC to 8oC	7 days
	Frozen, -20oC	3 months

CR

Creatinine and eGFR

Enzymatic

Tested daily (24 hours)

Collected specimen to report within 90 min

Chemistry, Laboratory Department Tel. 13224

5 days

CR

Creatinine and eGFR

Creatinine is eliminated from blood by glomerular filtration. Reduced renal function results in an increased serum creatinine concentration. Measurement of serum creatinine is used to diagnose and monitor acute and chronic renal disease, estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR), or assess the status of renal dialysis patients. Urine creatinine analysis is used to calculate creatinine clearance, confirm completeness of 24-hour collections, or serve as a reference quantity for other analytes, such as in calculation of the albumin/creatinine ratio.

Male : 0.73 –1.18 mg/dL
Female : 0.55 –1.02 mg/dL

Creatinine: Because serum creatinine is inversely correlated with glomerular filtration rate (GFR), when renal function is near normal, absolute changes in serum creatinine reflect larger changes than do similar absolute changes when renal function is poor. For example, an increase in serum creatinine from 1 to 2 mg/dL may indicate a decrease in GFR of 50 mL/min (from 100 to 50 mL/min), whereas an increase in serum creatinine level from 4 to 5 mg/dL may indicate a decrease of only 5 mL/min (from 25 to 20 mL/min). Because of the imprecision of serum creatinine as an assessment of GFR, there may be clinical situations where a more accurate GFR assessment must be performed, iothalamate or inulin clearance are superior to serum creatinine and eGFR. Several factors may influence serum creatinine independent of changes in GFR. For instance, creatinine generation is dependent upon muscle mass. Thus, young, muscular males may have significantly higher serum creatinine levels than elderly females, despite having similar GFRs. Also, because some renal clearance of creatinine is due to tubular secretion, drugs that inhibit this secretory component (eg, cimetidine and trimethoprim) may cause small increases in serum creatinine without an actual decrease in GFR.

1. Manufacturer’s reagent package insert, Architect ® Creatinine (enzymatic), SENTINEL CH.SpA Via Robert Koch, 2 Milan 20152, Italy .
2. http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com (Retrieved: 01 Jan 2019) Establishment for Architect System (Year 2014)