Current practice in Oxford:
Primary care: Plasma sodium, potassium, creatinine, eGFR (18 y and
over). *
Secondary and tertiary care: Plasma sodium, potassium, creatinine.
Summary of current UK practice is in one of the Keele benchmarking
reports.
Jonathan
* I'm dubious about the value of measuring plasma sodium without a
clear clinical question, or just because assay of potassium or
creatinine is needed.
On 4 Oct 2006, at 09:27, Myers Martin (Dr) wrote:
> A simple question on a wet autumn morning.
>
> I am trying to rationalise profiles across a large geographis area.
>
> Should urea be dropped from the U&E profile and replaced with a
> Renal Profile consisting of sodium, potassium, creatinine and eGFR?
>
> Regards
>
> Martin Myers
>
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