Get your Kidney Function Test Advance (KFT), Serum at Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy, which is an advanced Pathology and diagnostic laboratory service centre with accreditation from NABL and NABH. Advanced kidney function is a thorough blood examination for kidney function to determine the health of your kidneys and to evaluate how well they eliminate waste products from your blood and help control the level of minerals (electrolytes) in your blood. It helps with kidney disease diagnosis, ongoing kidney treatment, and kidney evaluation of the effects of some medicines and health conditions.

What Is Kidney Function Test – Advance (KFT)?

A Kidney Function Test advance is a complete blood test that checks the kidneys' ability to filter out waste products and keep a chemical balance within the body. All the waste materials in the blood are filtered out all the time by the formation of urine in the kidneys. With impaired kidney function, substances such as uric acid, urea, and creatinine may be accumulating in the blood. Kidney dysfunction can also cause electrolyte changes and other abnormal blood chemistry. The Profile is a comprehensive evaluation that incorporates laboratory tests to evaluate a number of kidney health factors in the advanced profile. This may include serum creatinine, blood urea, uric acid, sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, and phosphate concentrations, and other tests depending on the panel of tests included in the laboratory. Kidney's filtering function may also be estimated through the estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR), which utilizes information regarding the kidneys filtered from the blood, and the serum creatinine.

Common Reasons for Kidney Function Test – Advance

• Health check-up: Examination as part of another health test to find the health status of kidneys.
• Diabetes Monitoring: In people with diabetes who may be more prone to diabetic kidney disease, to test kidney function.
• Blood pressure disorders: Patients with long-standing hypertension might develop kidney damage; hence, kidney monitoring will be necessary.
• As tests of kidney function, when kidney problems are suspected, and to look for biochemical abnormalities.
• Medication Monitoring: To check kidney function in people who take medicines that may impact kidney function.
• Electrolyte Imbalances: An examination to look for disturbances in the levels of the mineral electrolytes, such as sodium, potassium, chloride, and more.
• Chronic Kidney Disease Monitoring: To measure kidney function in people who have already had kidney disease.
• Treatment follow-up: To follow up kidney function during treatment to check for blood biochemical changes.

Conditions Evaluated

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

The test can be used to see how well your kidneys are working when a person is thought to have chronic kidney disease. Kidney filtration levels are indicated by abnormal laboratory results; for example, a rise in creatinine and urea and a fall in eGFR. Through regular monitoring, doctor can be able to gauge the course of the disease and the effectiveness of the treatment(s).

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

It may be possible to detect a sudden loss of kidney function using kidney function tests. The raised blood concentration of creatinine and urea may be caused by any of the following: dehydration, serious infections, a reduced blood supply to the kidneys, or drugs.

Diabetic Kidney Disease

With prolonged diabetes, people may develop complications such as diabetic nephropathy (kidney damage). People with diabetes can suffer from kidney damage over time, as the blood glucose that they've had for so long has caused the damage. KFT is helpful in following biochemical changes related to kidney disease and can help to assess someone's kidney function, along with an albumin test done in urine and other tests.

Hypertension-Related Kidney Damage

Long-term high blood pressure can affect the small blood vessels inside the kidney. A test that can be used to evaluate kidney function in people with hypertension and to monitor them.

Electrolyte Imbalance

Kidneys control the level of sodium, potassium & chloride in the body. This can happen due to a diseased kidney, because of a lack of water in the body, side effects of some medicines, or due to other diseases. These imbalances can be unmasked with tests.

Kidney Stone-Related Abnormalities

Certain kidney-related biochemical abnormalities, including changes in uric acid and calcium levels, may be associated with kidney stone formation. The test can provide supportive information during the evaluation of patients with recurrent kidney stones.

Dehydration and Fluid Imbalance

In severe dehydration, Kidney Blood Flow can also decrease, and there may be changes in biochemical parameters such as urea and creatinine. The doctor can use it to find out whether the blood levels that indicate kidney disease have changed, and whether there is an imbalance in the fluid.

Kidney Function Changes Due to Medications

Some long-term medicines, such as some painkillers, antibiotics, and other medicines, may affect kidney function. KFT may be used to monitor biochemical changes and kidney function during treatment.

Why Choose Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy?

Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy is a NABL & NABH Certified Lab providing top-of-the-class Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Pathology services in a single building. Our laboratory services include modern diagnostic facilities, highly trained members of our laboratory staff, and testing that is all conducted according to the strict standard of care with a patient-centric approach. Quality is important to us, and we have a proven system of testing, leading to accurate evaluation and timely reporting for diagnostics.

Book Your Kidney Function Test – Advance (KFT), Serum

Contact Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy if you are advised to take a test called a Kidney Function Test Advance, and discuss the test with them. Take any medical records that you have, as well as your doctor's prescription, previous kidney function reports, medication information, and more. Inform your health care provider if you have a kidney condition, and if you are taking any medicines to help make sense of the results of the test.