Study on the early predictive value of microalbuminuria for detecting diabetic nephropathy
- Author:
Van Khoa Dieu Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
nephropathy
- MeSH:
Diabetic Nephropathies;
diagnosis
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2000;247(5):29-33
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A measure of the microalbuminuria by the immunoturbidimetric, a semi- quantative method of microalbuminuria with Micral- test dipstick and renal biopsy were undertaken for evaluation of prevalence of microalbuminuria in diabetes mellitus and the early predictive value of microalbuminuria for detecting diabetic nephropathy. The results of our study showed: prevalence of MAU was 33.3% and 31.6% in INDD and NINDD patients respectively. For semi-quantative method of microalbuminuria, when it was done two consecutive times, the sensitivity and the spectively. A close correlation between the severity of renal lesions and the MAU value was noticed when we compared the MAU thresholds> 20 mg/min with the results of renal involvement in diabetes. The Micral -test dipstick for semi-quantative of microalbuminuria could be used as an alternative method, if a measure of the MAU is not readily available
