| Test | Creatinine |
| Department | Clinical Biochemistry, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust |
| Comment | Result used to calculate eGFR |
| Sample type | Blood |
| Sample tube | Serum (brown top) or lithium heparin plasma (orange top) |
| Collection conditions | No special requirements |
| Minimum volume | 0.5 ml blood (100ul of serum absolute minimum) |
| Reference ranges (adult) |
Male = 66 - 118 umol/L Female = 51 - 96 umol/L |
| Reference ranges (paediatric) |
Variable according to postnatal and gestational age. See interpretation sheet below |
| Author | Dr Robert Lord (Consultant) |
| Date | 13.06.11 |
| Interpretation | http://www.clinbiochem.info/labcreatinine2.2.pdf |
