Kidney Blood Test Values. A blood test and a urine test are used to find kidney disease. Because you are at risk you should get these tests regularly.
Kidney function tests usually require a 24 hour urine sample and a blood test. The kidney acr and gfr values are considered to be of great importance. Healthy kidneys remove wastes and excess fluid from the blood.
Estimated glomerular filtration rate egfr is a blood test which is used to indicate roughly how well the kidneys are working to filter out waste products such as creatinine from your blood.
The kidney acr and gfr values are considered to be of great importance. Kidney function tests target either the blood or urine and measure different aspects of kidney function. A 24 hour urine sample is a creatinine clearance test. Urine tests can also detect whether the kidneys are leaking abnormal amounts of protein a sign of kidney damage.