Purpose: To calculate the ratio of a serum uric acid to serum creatinine for a patient with renal failure.
The ratio of uric acid to creatinine can help distinguish patients with acute renal failure due to hyperuricemia from patients with renal failure due to other causes.
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Specialty: Nephrology, Clinical Laboratory
Objective: laboratory tests, differential diagnosis and mimics, red flags
ICD-10: E79.0, N17-N19,
