Hi.. one of my friends is in the ICU, the doctors have not been able to diagnose the cause and they have put him on dialysis.  His blood tests are normal parameters for all the checks, but his creatinine has been increasing, it was around 8 to start with and he has been under treatment in numerous hospitals for over the past one month, but it started to increase to 14 around 3 days back and today it is around 18.  Could anyone pls let us know what could be the diagnosis....
Hello, welcome to Chat Doctor. I have read your question and understand your concerns. Rising in s.great tier has only one diagnosis-KIDNEY FAILURE(might be temporary or permanent). My advice to you is-1. If s.great is still increasing then it means that dialysis frequency should be increased. We cant allow creatinine to be raised like that. Patient may go into coma. So, ask your doctor about that on urgent basis.2. You have not mentioned any past history of patient or any clinical history. So, its very difficult to tell whether it's a temporary or permanent kidney failure. Hope it will be temporary failure and kidney recover gradually.Otherwise, if kidney failure is permanent then he has to undergo lifelong dialysis or renal transplantation.3. Repeat kidney profile and electrolytes daily and strongly avoid fruit juices and coconut water. Thank You.