Proteinuria prescription in 2019

Ann Biol Clin (Paris). 2019 Feb 1;77(1):10-12. doi: 10.1684/abc.2019.1412.

Abstract

Today, medical prescriptions of proteinuria or albuminuria, which are depending on medical status of patients, still depend on doctors. Indeed, according to their medical specialty or to the recommendations they are following, they could prescribe either proteinuria or albuminuria. The consequences are practical for laboratories and economical for patients and doctors. This article resumes different situations, which result in an erroneous interpretation of medical prescriptions.

Keywords: medical prescription; proteinuria.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Albuminuria / drug therapy
  • Albuminuria / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Medication Errors / statistics & numerical data
  • Medicine / statistics & numerical data
  • Middle Aged
  • Physicians / statistics & numerical data
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / standards
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
  • Pregnancy
  • Prescriptions / standards
  • Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data*
  • Proteinuria / drug therapy*
  • Proteinuria / epidemiology*
  • Young Adult