Protein, Total, 24 Hr details
What Protein, Total, 24 Hr shows
This test measures the total amount of protein in your urine collected over a full 24 hours. Healthy kidneys let very little protein through, so a raised amount can signal that the kidney filters are damaged or that excess protein is circulating. It is used to quantify protein loss in conditions such as kidney disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and pregnancy, and to monitor change over time. Higher results can point to kidney damage, while short-lived rises can follow fever, hard exercise or infection. An incomplete collection lowers the result, so it is interpreted with urine creatinine and other kidney tests.
Tests that include Protein, Total, 24 Hr
Urinary total proteins are negligible in healthy individuals. Concentrations are increased in patients with a wide variety of diseases that impair renal function, including diabetes, hypertension, nephritic syndrome, and drug nephrotoxicity.
- Creatinine, 24 Hour Measures the total creatinine passed in a 24-hour urine collection, used to check the collection is complete and to calculate kidney function and other urine results.
- Protein/Creatinine Ratio, 24 Hr A ratio calculated from protein and creatinine in a 24-hour urine collection, used to assess how much protein your kidneys are leaking.
- Protein, Total, 24 Hr Measures the total protein passed in your urine over 24 hours, used to quantify and monitor protein loss through the kidneys.
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