Microalbuminuria

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Microalbuminuria
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Overview

Microalbuminuria occurs when a malfunctioning kidney leaks small amounts of albumin into the urine.

Diagnosis

The level of albumin protein produced by Microalbuminuria cannot be detected by urine dipstick methods. A microalbumin urine test determines the presence of the albumin in urine. In a properly functioning body, albumin is not normally present in urine because it is filtered from the bloodstream by the kidneys.

Microalbuminuria is diagnosed either on 24-hour urine collections (20 to 200 µg/min) or, more commonly, if elevated concentrations (30 to 300mg/L) on at least two occasions.[1]. Albumin levels above these values is called "macroalbuminuria", or sometimes just albuminuria.

To compensate for the variable possible urine concentration on spot-check samples, it is more typical in the UK to compare the amount of albumin in the sample against its concentration of creatinine. This is termed the Albumin/creatinine ratio (ACR) and microalbuminuria is defined as ACR ≥2.5 mg/mmol (male) or ≥3.5 mg/mmol(female).[2]

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References

  • Abid O, Sun Q, Sugimoto K, Mercan D, Vincent JL (2001). "Predictive value of microalbuminuria in medical ICU patients: results of a pilot study". Chest 120 (6): 1984-8. PMID 11742932.
  • Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation Study Investigators (2000). "Effects of ramipril on cardiovascular and microvascular outcomes in people with diabetes mellitus: results of the HOPE study and MICRO-HOPE substudy.". Lancet 355 (9200): 253-9. PMID 10675071.
  • Lièvre M, Marre M, Chatellier G, et al (2000). "The non-insulin-dependent diabetes, hypertension, microalbuminuria or proteinuria, cardiovascular events, and ramipril (DIABHYCAR) study: design, organization, and patient recruitment. DIABHYCAR Study Group". Controlled clinical trials 21 (4): 383-96. PMID 10913814.
  • Parving HH, Lehnert H, Bröchner-Mortensen J, Gomis R, Andersen S, Arner P (2001). "The effect of irbesartan on the development of diabetic nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes". N. Engl. J. Med. 345 (12): 870-8. PMID 11565519.

Footnotes

  1. Person—microalbumin level (measured), total micrograms per minute N[NNN.N]. Retrieved on 2007-07-05.
  2. Proteinuria. UK Renal Association (Dec 15, 2005).

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