Open AccessA patient with serum creatinine of 61 mg/dl
Author(s) -
Sriniwas Sriram,
S. Srinivas,
P Naveen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/0971-4065.179202
Subject(s) - medicine , creatinine , spurious relationship , dialysis , renal function , urology , chromatography , statistics , chemistry , mathematics
Spurious elevation of serum creatinine by Jaffe assay is known to occur due to a variety of substances. This results in subjecting the patient to invasive and complicated procedures such as dialysis. We report a rare case of false elevation of this renal parameter following exposure to an organic solvent.