๐ Clinical Utility: FENa helps distinguish prerenal azotemia (< 1%) from ATN (> 2%) in oliguric acute kidney injury.
Best interpreted in the context of clinical presentation and other laboratory findings.
๐ FENa Formula:
FENa = (Urine Na / Serum Na) / (Urine Cr / Serum Cr) ร 100%
Interpretation:
โข < 1%: Prerenal azotemia (high sodium avidity)
โข 1-2%: Borderline (consider clinical context)
โข > 2%: ATN (impaired sodium reabsorption)
Limitations: Diuretics, CKD, glycosuria, recent contrast, or acute GN can alter FENa. Consider FEurea or clinical context .
FENa = (Urine Na / Serum Na) / (Urine Cr / Serum Cr) ร 100%
Interpretation:
โข < 1%: Prerenal azotemia (high sodium avidity)
โข 1-2%: Borderline (consider clinical context)
โข > 2%: ATN (impaired sodium reabsorption)
Limitations: Diuretics, CKD, glycosuria, recent contrast, or acute GN can alter FENa. Consider FEurea or clinical context .