objective: to determine the value of random urinary protein to creatinine ratio (upcr) for diagnosis of proteinuria in pregnant women with preeclampsia. preeclampsia is the most common complication of pregnancy and one of the main causes of maternal mortality. so, early diagnosis of preeclampsia is very important. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study 66 pregnant women suspected ...

to evaluate the value of random urinary protein creatinine ratio in prediction of 24h proteinuria in hypertensive pregnancies. method: random urine samples and routine 24h urine collections were collected from hypertensive pregnant women (n=100). reliability of random urinary protein-creatinine ratio was assessed by receiver operator characteristic (roc) curve to detect significant proteinuria ...

background: due to difficulty of obtaining a 24h urine (especially in children), a random urine calcium sample is recommended to detect of hypercalciuria. however, recent studies have shown that the urinary calcium/creatinine ratio varies with age and geographic areas. so, the aim of this study was determining the normal value of urinary calcium to creatinine ratio in healthy adolescent’s child...

195 Received June 30, 2011; revision accepted for publication October 6, 2011. doi: 10.1620/tjem.225.195 Correspondence: Yasuhiro Komatsu, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Luke’s International Hospital, 9-1 Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8560, Japan. e-mail: [email protected] Establishment of a Method to Detect Microalbuminuria by Measuring the Total Urinary Protei...