tashasmuminpeterborough

[tashainpeterborough]

Hi everyone,

Some of you were posting Lab results.  I had no idea till now.  The vet just emailed them to me.  

BUN 24.3
Creatinine 206
Phosphorus 2.96
Calcium 2.86
WBC 15.8
Hemoglobin 220
Hemocrit 60
Urine:
Protein 3+
Protein creatinine ratio 7.25
Chemistry Renal Profile:
Albumin Low 23
BUN 21.5
Creatinine 150
phosphorus 2.79

Do any of you know how to interpret these results?  Except where indicated, they were all marked as "high".

thanks,
jane and tasha

[tashainpeterborough]

Hi Shannon,

This is my 10 y/o yorkie I am writing about.

We knew about a year ago that she was in early renal failure.  About 5 weeks ago, she had a two hour seizure.  I took her to the neurologist who wanted to do an MRI on her.   But because of her early KD, he ran labs to make sure that she could handle the anaesthetic.  That is when they found out that her KD had decidedly advanced.  The MRI was not done.  I spoke with several people, both professionals and laypersons, and they all agreed there was no point doing the MRI given the lab results.  She has pretty much recovered from the seizure.

I have been looking through the BUN and other lab results that I can find on this site and Tasha's numbers do not even come close.

But I think we have different way of measuring results.  Maybe ours here (Canada / Metric) are different from imperial measurements.

Her BUN is 26.3............normal is 2 - 11
Creatinine 2.86........normal is 2.2 - 2.7
URINE:
Protein / Creatinine ratio 7.25...........normal is less than 0.5
Specific gravity is 1.03.............normal value.

Her vet thinks she is in late stage 3/early stage 4.

Does this help?
thanks, jane and Tasha.

[shannon781]

Is this a dog or a cat? What is your animals clinical signs/why were you having blood work performed?

The BUN and creatinine are both elevated and indicate some degree of kidney disease. The hematocrit is also very high..I can't make a definitive conclusion because there is no urine specific gravity (do you have one?). There is also a high amount of protein in the urine, again, indicating some degree of kidney disease (protein should not spill over into the urine unless the kidneys are not doing their job). With the albumin being low, it is most likely being lost in the urine, again, going along with kidney disease.