What kidney function tests or lab work is used to diagnose high blood pressure?
Posted by flossie mae
My doctor uses a blood pressure cuff to do that.High blood pressure can cause damage to internal organs but I never heard of those kinds of tests to diagnose it.I am on medicine for it myself and so is my husband.
Posted by abacaxitoo
A "VMA" test (vanillylmandelic acid) can diagnose one kind of treatment resistent high blood pressure. It's a rare condition, but it's an easy test to do, compared to the tests for hte more common ones.
used to detect pheochromocytoma, a tumor of the adrenal medullathat secretes excess cathecholamines, epinephrine and norepinephrine
Posted by futuredoc
Not necessarily to diagnose high blood pressure, but kidney function tests are usually BUN and Creatinine (which check their function and ability to produce urine.)
Posted by Jess
Lab work is not needed for hypertension diagnosis. Just elevated blood pressures over a certain amount of time is used to diagnose. If a patients blood pressure is very high over a long time, a doctor might order kidney tests to see if the kidneys were damaged. Some tests might include a urinalysis, a Comprehensive panel (to check potassium, BUN, and creatinine, and GFR), and if those are elevated, he might even order a 24 hour urine for creatinine.
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