Contributed by Kim Zuber, PA-C, who oversees patients in seven dialysis centers for Metropolitan Nephrology Associates, Clinton, Md. Referrals to our nephrology office often come with a 24-hour urine ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In this video, George L. Bakris, MD, a professor of medicine and the director of the American Heart ...

CLINITEK Microalbumin 2 Strips provide albumin, creatinine and albumin-to-creatinine ratio results in one minute. The CLINITEK Microalbumin product is useful to test for microalbuminuria in patients ...

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(HealthDay)—Predicted albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR) calculated from urine protein-creatinine ratio (PCR) or urine dipstick protein may be useful for chronic kidney disease (CKD) screening, staging, ...

According to results pooled from short-term trials, treatment with empagliflozin, a sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor, has both short-term as well as long-term benefits on urinary albumin ...

Risk for all-cause mortality increased in RA patients with microalbuminuria. (HealthDay News) — For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) is an independent ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with a urine albumin-creatinine ratio of at least 3,500 mg/g had high rates of hyperkalemia. High rates ...

The full PREVENT equations produced similar results. Mean calibration revealed slight overestimation of CVD risk in non-Hispanic Asian adults (0.96-1.33) and underestimation in Native Hawaiian and ...

Dr Arora said this test can detect kidney damage 5 years earlier than standard blood work, so discuss it with your doctor if ...