What is normal creatinine level after transplant?
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What is normal creatinine level after transplant?
A low level in the blood means the kidney is working well, a high level means the kidney is working less well. There is not a ‘normal’ range for creatinine in transplant patients but the average creatinine level in transplant patients is 150 µmol/L.
What does a 2.8 creatinine level mean?
People with only one kidney may have a normal creatinine level of about 1.8 or 1.9. Creatinine levels of 2.0 or more in infants and 5.0 or more in adults may indicate severe kidney damage. People who are dehydrated may have elevated creatinine levels.
Does creatinine fluctuation after kidney transplant?
Patient. A 58-year-old man presents for an office visit approximately 3 years after a deceased donor transplant and is noted to have a slowly increasing serum creatinine level over the last 3 months (Figure 1). Serum levels of creatinine and tacrolimus over time after the first post-transplant year.
What are the side effects of a kidney transplant?
Immunosuppressant side effects. Immunosuppressants prevent your body’s immune system from attacking the new kidney,which would cause the transplanted kidney to be rejected.
What foods should be avoided if creatinine is high?
Fried foods like deep-fried butter,egg roll,emping,falafel,flauta,fried coke,and fried dough.
What is considered a bad creatinine level?
People with only one kidney may have a normal creatinine level of about 1.8 or 1.9. Creatinine levels of 2.0 or more in infants and 5.0 or more in adults may indicate severe kidney damage. People who are dehydrated may have elevated creatinine levels.