What is urea determination?

Urea is measured to assess kidney function. Patients with kidney disease, such as acute or chronic renal failure, renal arteriosclerosis, chronic nephritis, renal tuberculosis, renal tumors, etc. In addition, late can also be seen in the body protein decomposition too much, such as large area burn surgery, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, hyperthyroidism and acute infectious diseases, prerenal or exudation urine, such as patients show nausea, vomiting, resulting in dehydration, edema, ascites, circulatory failure, etc. Urea reduction is relatively rare clinically, may be related to the patient's diet.