Chilling Pleco Experiment: Survival After Cold Shock

Two patients can have the exact same lab value and be in completely different clinical situations. That’s why trends matter just as much as the number itself. A creatinine of 2.4 in a patient with long-standing chronic kidney disease may be close to baseline and relatively stable. A creatinine of 2.4 in a patient who was 0.9 yesterday suggests acute kidney injury and rapidly worsening renal function. The lab value alone is not the whole story. You have to look at: • the baseline • the trend • ho