The value of the urinary protein:creatinine ratio for the detection of significant proteinuria in women with suspected preeclampsia

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 542-546

  Bhide, Amar ^a   Rana, Ritu ^a   Dhavilkar, Mrugaya ^a   Amodio Hernandez, Montserrat ^a   Deshpande, Deepika ^a   Caric, Vedrana ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creatinine; hypertensive disorders; preeclampsia; protein creatinine ratio; proteinuria

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY PROTEIN CREATININE RATIO; COMPLICATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TIME; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927547028     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12624     Document Type: Article

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