Protein In Urine Can predicts Kidney Disease

Cimahi Cyber - The presence of protein in urine can indicate that someone is injured on the kidneys .

Patients who have high levels of urine or albuminuria , have a fivefold risk of suffering from acute kidney injury , according to some researchers in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology .

Finding protein in the urine via a simple and inexpensive test may be used as a way to see the damage to the kidneys and improve the method of examination adopted today , called the estimated glomerular filtration rate , said a team from the University of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Acute kidney injury , which often happens when people are in hospital , carrying reaching 1.6 percent of all hospital patients and occurs when the kidneys suddenly lose the ability to filter waste products from blood.

Acute kidney injury can be cured if the patient is healthy enough , but often causes chronic kidney disease and kidney failure requiring dialysis or kidney transplantation .

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