Urea Nitrogen, Random details
What Urea Nitrogen, Random shows
Urea is the main waste product made when your body breaks down protein, and the kidneys remove most of it in urine. This test measures urea nitrogen in a single, random urine sample. Because urine concentration changes through the day, a random result is less precise than a 24-hour collection, but it can still be useful, for example when compared with blood urea or sodium to help understand kidney function or the cause of fluid changes. Higher levels can reflect high protein intake, protein breakdown or concentrated urine, and lower levels dilute urine or low intake. It is interpreted alongside blood tests and your clinical situation.
Tests that include Urea Nitrogen, Random
This quantitative urea nitrogen test, performed with a random urine specimen, may help estimate nitrogen balance and determine protein need in patients in critical conditions or receiving intravenous administration of nutrition [1].
- Urea Nitrogen, Random Measures urea nitrogen in a single urine sample, a waste product of protein breakdown, to help look at protein intake and kidney handling.
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