Albuminuria and kidney injury

Doctors may be able to watch for kidney injury and protect patients by looking for protein in urine, researchers reported.Patients with the highest levels of protein, or albuminuria, had an almost five-fold increase in the risk of developing acute kidney injury, the researchers reported in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

The cheap and easy test may provide a way to watch for kidney damage and improve upon the current method, called estimated glomerular filtration rate, the team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore said.

Acute kidney injury, common when people are in hospital, is seen in 1.6 per cent of all hospital patients and occurs when kidneys suddenly lose the ability to filter waste products from blood.

Acute kidney injury can be reversible if a patient is otherwise healthy, but often results in chronic kidney disease and kidney failure requiring dialysis or a kidney transplant.

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Source: http://www.aboutthehealth.com/2010/08/albuminuria-and-kidney-injury.html

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