Blood urea nitrogen

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  • 2 Blood urea nitrogen is most accurately measured by a colorimetric process, which gives a quantitative test result.
  • CONCLUSION: Blood urea nitrogen is a simple clinical variable that provides useful prognostic information in patients admitted for decompensated heart failure.
  • 357 SI Units: mmol/L Definition: Blood urea nitrogen is a metabolic by-product (in the liver) from the breakdown of blood, muscle, and protein.
  • It is concluded from the results that blood urea nitrogen is utilized for synthesis of the total nitrogenous substances of the sheep's rumen bacteria and liver far more intensively than for synthesis of the nucleic acids isolated from them.
  • The determination of blood urea nitrogen is an important index of kidney function.

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