[Position statement. Protein/creatinine in a randomly obtained urine sample in the diagnosis of proteinuria in pregnant patients with arterial hypertension]

Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc. 2012 Sep-Oct;50(5):465-7.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Leaños Miranda and collaborators published that the measurement of protein/creatinine ratio in a single random urine sample is a reliable indicator of significant proteinuria and may be reasonably used as alternative to the 24-hours urine collection method as a diagnostic criteria for urinary protein, and it is also a criterion for identifying the disease severity. This leads us to present this successful result of the investigation as a position statement in the care of pregnant women with hypertension.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Creatinine* / urine
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension* / urine
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications* / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy Complications* / urine
  • Proteinuria* / diagnosis
  • Proteinuria* / urine
  • Random Allocation

Substances

  • Creatinine