moab in the 60s After the tumultuous decade of the 1950sâthe Charlie Steen DecadeâMoab and Grand County slowed down a bit. In 1960, Grand Countyâs population had tripled in ten years, to more than 6000, and the more optimistic of that population thought the Big Boom might go on forever.
A creatinine blood test measures the level of creatinine in the blood. Creatinine is a waste product that forms when creatine breaks down. Creatine is a substance found in muscle. Creatinine levels help determine how well your kidneys function. Your kidneys are responsible for eliminating creatinine from the body when you urinate. When creatinine levels increase, your kidney function may be impaired.
Creatinine is a useful indicator of renal health because it is excreted in the urine as an unchanged and easily measured by-product of muscle metabolism. In a healthy kidney, little or no creatinine is reabsorbed, whereas in kidney disease, the creatinine concentration in the blood may increase. The creatinine concentration in the urine and blood can therefore be used to calculate the rate at which the kidney is clearing creatinine â the creatinine clearance (CrCl) rate. This CrCl rate is correlated with the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), which is important in the clinical assessment of renal function.