Which of the following complications is least likely to influence creatinine excretion?
a. Sepsis
b. Trauma
c. Hypoxemia
d. Diet
ANS: C
Factors that influence creatinine excretion, and thus complicate interpretation of this index, in-clude age, diet, exercise, stress, trauma, fever, and sepsis.
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