Sentences with phrase «elevated urea»

Some blood disorders like low potassium or elevated urea or other imbalances in nitrogenous waste components in the blood

The research suggests that elevated levels of urea in the brain may be an early feature of Huntington's disease, but it did not explore what might lead to elevated urea or whether urea contributes to damage to nerve cells in the disease.

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[Preemies receiving higher amounts of protein grew faster but: «This benefit could not be weighed against the adverse consequences of elevated blood urea nitrogen levels and increased metabolic acidosis and neurodevelopmental abnormalities.»]

He also had extremely high levels of creatinine (a by - product of the breakdown of phosphocreatine, an energy - storage molecule in muscle) normally eliminated by the kidneys and extremely elevated levels of BUN (blood urea nitrogen), which measures the amount of the waste product urea (a by - product of protein digestion).

Additionally, it takes urea out of the body and when it is functioning poorly it can lead to elevated ammonia, which is extremely toxic to the brain.

In terms of biochem adjustments; this differs on the patients co-morbidities of course and needs to be assessed on an individual patient bases, but in general if i note that the urea has elevated above the normal range since I increased the protein intake and the patient does not have renal disease or an acute kidney injury but is suffering from ureamic symptoms then perhaps the protein intake is to high.

A blood panel would show dehydration, high phosphorus, low calcium, high potassium, and elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine.

(CRT) Dogs that have heartworms discovered later in life often have elevated liver and kidney tests (serum AST, ALT, alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin, and urea nitrogen) Those dogs are also high - risk candidates for the use of melarsomine.

In a patient with AKI, bloodwork evaluation will show elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine values, which are the most commonly used markers for diagnosis of kidney dysfunction.

In addition, any necessary laboratory tests will be done such as a blood urea nitrogen (BUN), complete blood count (CBC), packed cell volume (PCV), urinalysis, and a serum biochemical profile to look for elevated ammonia and amino acids which are classic confirmations of cyanide poisoning.