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What does creatinine mean?

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Noun
  1. (biochemistry) A heterocyclic amine, 2-amino-1-methyl-5H-imidazol-4-one, formed by the metabolism of creatine.
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First, you attributed the rise in serum creatinine to the administration of 2 aminoglycoside antibiotics, gentamycin and tobramycin.
Six months later, his serum creatinine level began to rise, and a kidney biopsy showed chronic rejection and recurrence of lupus nephritis.
In some patients with cardiac toxicity, rise in liver enzymes and serum creatinine also occurred.
Within a week, his blood urea and creatinine, the two parameters that reflected the kidney functioning were found to be abnormal.
Specimens stored unpreserved at ambient temperature yielded unacceptable standard deviations for pH, ammonia, creatinine, and osmolality.
The major hematological findings include erythropenia in an increase in both creatinine and liver enzymes.

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