Journal: Kidney international

Article Title: Evaluation of proteinuria redux.

PMID/MRN: 27742197

Publication Date: 2016-Nov-16

Abstract:

All of the methods for quantitative evaluation of proteinuria (or albuminuria) suffer from some methodological flaw. A new modification that improves the accuracy of the urine protein-to-creatinine ratios for predicting 24-hour urinary protein excretion has been examined in a well-characterized cohort of patients with glomerular disease. This approach needs to be systematically compared with other techniques before it can be universally recommended to replace the time-honored 24-hour urine collection. Copyright © 2016 International Society of Nephrology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.