The diagnostic accuracy of a urine albumin-creatinine ratio point-of-care test for detection of albuminuria in primary care

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 787-794

  McTaggart, Malcolm P ^a   Price, Christopher P ^b   Pinnock, Roger G ^c   Stevens, Paul E ^a   Newall, Ronald G ^d   Lamb, Edmund J ^a  

^a EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c North Street Surgery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Highover Park   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albumin creatinine ratio (ACR); albuminuria; chronic kidney disease; point of care test; proteinuria

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

AGED; ALBUMIN CREATININE RATIO; ALBUMINURIA; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURBIDIMETRY;

EID: 84867575644     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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