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Discipline - Clinical chemistry
Blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
Setting:
2. Laboratory
Tiered Testing Service:
District hospital with laboratory Regional or provincial hospital with laboratory
Assay format
Optical methods on semi-automated or automated clinical chemistry analysers
Information History
First added in 2018
Changed in 2022
Purpose type
Aid to diagnosis
Purpose
To correlate with uraemic symptoms in advanced chronic kidney disease and to track adherence to low protein diet where dialysis isn’t available.
Specimen types
Serum, Plasma
WHO prequalified or recommended products
N/A
GMDN

63333

Urea IVD, kit, spectrophotometry

A collection of reagents and other associated materials intended to be used for the qualitative and/or quantitative detection of urea or urea nitrogen* in a clinical specimen, using a spectrophotometry method. It is typically used as an indicator of kidney function and/or to differentiate between prerenal and postrenal azotemia.

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* also known as blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
EMDN

W01010204

UREA/BLOOD UREA NITROGEN

The code(s) and term(s) in this section were observed and retrieved from public databases and have not been validated by health regulatory authorities. Please consult your regulatory agency and EMDN site: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/dyna2/emdn
WHO supporting publications
WHO list of priority medical devices for management of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. (2021). https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/341967
Technical specifications
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Related Medical Devices in MeDevIS
SAGE IVD recommended including this test in the EDL on the basis of the scientific validity of the analyte. It was recognized that the test is a foundational IVD test and is included in clinical guidelines.
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The inclusion of this test was based on WHO guidelines and/or technical documents that include recommendations for the use of this test.
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