How to Use creatinine in a Sentence

creatinine

noun

• Due to the way creatinine levels were included in the formula, many Black candidates were placed lower on the list simply because of their race.
  — TIME, 2 May 2024
• Her oncologist had referred her to the hospital after standard blood tests showed abnormally high creatinine readings.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
• The second test is a blood test to measure for a waste product called creatinine.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
• The higher the creatinine number, the worse the kidney function.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 25 May 2022
• Creatinine is cleared from the blood by the kidneys, so the lower the creatinine, the higher the GFR and the better the kidney function.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 30 June 2022
• The new pig kidney is making urine as well as creatinine, a waste product.
  — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
• Taking note of his high creatinine levels, his doctor told him to go to the emergency room.
  — Tyler Wilkins, ajc, 17 Feb. 2021
• The overall pattern of your creatinine over time needs to be considered.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 25 May 2022
• The current equation, which has been used since the late 1990s, relies on levels of creatinine — a byproduct of muscle and protein metabolism — from the blood.
  — Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2021
• The organ not only produced urine, but also removed serum creatinine, a waste product that can build up in the blood of patients with kidney disease.
  — Amy Yurkanin | [e-mail], al, 17 Aug. 2023
• The last checkup before dialysis showed his creatinine levels had risen to about 8.0.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 7 May 2021
• This is determined by a blood test for creatinine and glomerular filtration rate (GFR).
  — Howard Lewine, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Aug. 2019
• Then, because of worsening kidney function (high creatinine), I have been switched to just glyburide alone.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 16 Feb. 2023
• New research shows that centenarians—or people who live to 100 or beyond—may have lower (but not too low) levels of glucose, uric acid, and creatinine in their blood.
  — Brian Mastroianni, Health, 31 Oct. 2023
• Blood work before his surgery revealed that his creatinine level was elevated, and he was referred to a kidney doctor.
  — Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2021
• My creatinine readings have largely been stable since starting the product.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 17 Jan. 2022
• But instead the study assumed that Black individuals had higher muscle mass, and thus higher creatinine, than white ones.
  — Ashleen Knutsen, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2020
• Urine and creatinine levels were normal, Dr. Montgomery and his colleagues found, and no signs of rejection were detected during more than two days of observation.
  — New York Times, 19 Oct. 2021
• This test looks for creatinine, a waste product that can build up in your blood when your kidneys are damaged, Your doctor puts your result into a math formula to calculate your glomerular filtration rate (GFR).
  — Hallie Levine, Health.com, 3 Jan. 2022
• Furthermore, their injuries, based on creatinine levels, tended to be more severe.
  — Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, 5 July 2017
• The one that produced urine didn’t successfully filter out creatinine — a critical waste product.
  — Megan Molteni, STAT, 24 Jan. 2022
• The new algorithm also analyzed advanced biomarkers such as the levels of creatinine and bilirubin in the blood, which can offer clues about underlying infection.
  — Ian Haydon, Philly.com, 26 June 2018
• The kidneys play a crucial role in filtering waste products from the blood, including creatinine (a byproduct of creatine metabolism).
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2023
• Perhaps more worrying, her creatinine numbers were drifting even higher, a clear signal that something was affecting her kidneys.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
• The organization recommends two main tests: the glomerular filtration rate and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio tests.
  — Kendall Ross, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2022
• Cellular damage post-marathon is best measured by the presence and production of creatinine kinase (CK)—a marker that indicates damage to skeletal and myocardial tissue — and increased myoglobin levels in the blood stream.
  — Jeff Gaudette, Outside Online, 22 Nov. 2019
• Plasma creatinine, a waste product that enters the blood from muscles, is typically filtered out by kidneys, so increased levels affirmed their suspicions.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
• Compared to those who remained unemployed, those who moved into poorer-quality jobs had higher markers of inflammation and a lower creatinine clearance rate, a measure of how well the kidneys are functioning.
  — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2017
• Levels of creatinine, an indicator of kidney function, have remained normal and there has been no indication of rejection.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
• Researchers noticed that Black participants had, on average, higher creatinine than white ones.
  — Ashleen Knutsen, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024