Microalbuminuria-a better marker in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Joint Authors

Babu, Ruby P.
Christy, Alap
Hegde, Anupama
Manjrekar, Poornima
Juzif, Maria

Source

Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation

Issue

Vol. 26, Issue 5 (30 Sep. 2015), pp.941-946, 6 p.

Publisher

Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation

Publication Date

2015-09-30

Country of Publication

Saudi Arabia

No. of Pages

6

Main Subjects

Medicine

Topics

Abstract EN

To assess the role of microalbuminuria in pre-eclampsia (PE) as a diagnostic marker, we studied 40 PE cases and 40 normotensive controls at 24 ± 4 weeks of gestation in women 20–35 years of age.

The patients with PE had significant microalbuminuria in comparison with the controls, in addition to deranged renal function tests.

The receiver operating characteristic curve showed that microalbuminuria had the highest sensitivity (100%) and good specificity (77.6%).

Microalbuminuria had the highest area under the curve (0.869) for both diagnosis of PE and renal function assessment.

Microalbuminuria also had a good correlation with systolic blood pressure in the cases with mild grades of renal dysfunction.

Microalbuminuria is a specific marker in PE and it also helps to assess the renal function status.

Therefore, microalbuminuria may be used in the early diagnosis and management of PE patients in order to reduce the immediate and long-term complications.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Babu, Ruby P.& Christy, Alap& Hegde, Anupama& Manjrekar, Poornima& Juzif, Maria. 2015. Microalbuminuria-a better marker in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation،Vol. 26, no. 5, pp.941-946.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-608674

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Babu, Ruby P.…[et al.]. Microalbuminuria-a better marker in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation Vol. 26, no. 5 (Sep. 2015), pp.941-946.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-608674

American Medical Association (AMA)

Babu, Ruby P.& Christy, Alap& Hegde, Anupama& Manjrekar, Poornima& Juzif, Maria. Microalbuminuria-a better marker in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 2015. Vol. 26, no. 5, pp.941-946.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-608674

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 946

Record ID

BIM-608674