Guest guest Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Hi Everyone, My gastro ordered some labwork last week and I went and picked up a copy of the results today. I was wondering if anyone could answer a question about the glomerular filtration rate. I know it has to do with kidney function from a quick internet search. Is it one of those lab results that tend to vary with PSC? My report says mine is 45 mL/min/1.73 squared. There is a box on the report that says the population mean for my age is 107 mL/min/1.73 and that less than 60 mL/min/1.73 square meters is indicative of chronic kidney disease. If this is one of those lab results that can vary with PSC then I'm happy to ignore it. If its something to investigate then I guess I'll have to make sure my primary care dr got the labwork from the gastro and make an appt. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Darcy PSC 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 > > .... I was wondering if anyone could answer a > question about the glomerular filtration rate. I know it has to do > with kidney function from a quick internet search. Is it one of those > lab results that tend to vary with PSC? My report says mine is 45 > mL/min/1.73 squared. There is a box on the report that says the > population mean for my age is 107 mL/min/1.73 and that less than 60 > mL/min/1.73 square meters is indicative of chronic kidney disease. ----------------- Darcy -- my GFR tends to stay a tiny bit below normal, but nothing to worry about. I am not aware of any connection between that and PSC (which really doesn't mean a great deal since I've not bothered to research that particular point!) There is one helpful bit of info I can offer you -- I took my Mom to the urologist today and this was one of our questions, since her GFR is in the 35-40 range these days. He told us that the GFR by itself isn't a very big deal. He said it's truly valid only when done in terms of a 24-hour urine collection so that you get the big picture. He added that the creatinine was the important value to focus on. If your creatinine level is OK, then don't worry about the GFR. Regards, Carolyn B. in SC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 > > .... I was wondering if anyone could answer a > question about the glomerular filtration rate. I know it has to do > with kidney function from a quick internet search. Is it one of those > lab results that tend to vary with PSC? My report says mine is 45 > mL/min/1.73 squared. There is a box on the report that says the > population mean for my age is 107 mL/min/1.73 and that less than 60 > mL/min/1.73 square meters is indicative of chronic kidney disease. ----------------- Darcy -- my GFR tends to stay a tiny bit below normal, but nothing to worry about. I am not aware of any connection between that and PSC (which really doesn't mean a great deal since I've not bothered to research that particular point!) There is one helpful bit of info I can offer you -- I took my Mom to the urologist today and this was one of our questions, since her GFR is in the 35-40 range these days. He told us that the GFR by itself isn't a very big deal. He said it's truly valid only when done in terms of a 24-hour urine collection so that you get the big picture. He added that the creatinine was the important value to focus on. If your creatinine level is OK, then don't worry about the GFR. Regards, Carolyn B. in SC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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