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8. How is Acute kidney injury diagnosed?

Your doctors will have many tools at their disposal to diagnose acute kidney injury. These include the measuring of urine output and subsequent urinalysis. Blood tests may be used to look at levels of creatinine, urea nitrogen phosphorus, and potassium. A glomerular filtration rate test may be done to determine the level of damage already done. Imaging tests and kidney biopsies may be done in cases suspected to be more severe.

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