my name is nic thomas 34 male I m worried about my kidneys I just started last week taking high blood pressure medicine the reason why is I just recently went to the hospital for kidney problems but instead they gave me blood pressure meds but my pain was still there so i check my labs now i m scared to death so is my level consider dialysis because my creatinine is 1.44 but the reference range is 1.40 doesn t seem that far off and is 1.44 higher than 2.1 but here is my lab results CHEM PANEL CREATININE 1.44 mg/dL Reference Range:0.50 mg/dL - 1.40 mg/dL eGFR 73 mL/min/1.73m2 BUN 5 mg/dL Reference Range:7 mg/dL - 22 mg/dL B/C RATIO 10 Reference Range:6 - 25 GLUCOSE LEVEL 112 mg/dL Reference Range:70 mg/dL - 99 mg/dL PROTEIN TOTAL 9.0 g/dL Reference Range:6.4 g/dL - 8.4 g/dL ALBUMIN 4.5 g/dL Reference Range:3.5 g/dL - 5.0 g/dL GLOBULIN 4.5 g/dL Reference Range:2.0 g/dL - 4.0 g/dL A/G RATIO 1.0 Date:May 10, 2016 12:34 p.m. CDTReference Range:0.7 - 1.6 CALCIUM LEVEL 9.8 mg/dL Date:May 10, 2016 12:34 p.m. CDTReference Range:8.5 mg/dL - 10.5 mg/dL ALT (SGPT) 39 unit/L Date:May 10, 2016 12:34 p.m. CDTReference Range:0 unit/L - 65 unit/L AST (SGOT) 18 unit/L CDTReference Range:0 unit/L - 37 unit/L ALK PHOS 80 unit/L CDTReference Range:39 unit/L - 136 unit/L BILIRUBIN TOTAL 0.8 mg/dL