Home | Wikikidney | Dialysis Units | CKD | Physicians | RNS & Administrators | Nutrition | KidneyDisasters | KIDNEYDISEASE | Patient Education | Find Unit by Address | Issues | MDRD GFR | AAKP | K DOQI | Epocrates | UpToDate | HDCN | Bills | Translate

TEXT SEARCH STRUCTURED SEARCHES PubMed MeSH Nucleotide Journals PMC Books OMIN PopSet Taxonomy DNA Sequences Protein Sequences 3D Structures Complete Genomes Books CancerChromosomes Conserved Domains 3D Domains Gene GENSAT GEO Profiles GEO DataSets HomoloGene NCBI Web Site NLM Catalog OMIM PubChem BioAssay PubChem Compound PubChem Substance SNP UniGene UniSTS for: All Subjects Free Text obesity hypertension dialysis diabetes kidney kidney disease glomerulonephritis kidney failure vascular calcification All Journals N England J Med Clin Nephrol Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens J Am Soc Nephrol Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Proc Eur Dial Transplant Assoc Semin Nephrol Kidney Int Kidney Int Suppl Am J Kidney Dis Nephrol Dial Transplant Other Citematch Search by Citation - Hubmed works with EndNote and newsreaders CR IDMS mg/dL μmol/L AGE yrs W B F M MDRD GFR: ??? mL/min/1.73 m2

web nephron.com Epocrates on iPhone | TouchCalc on iPhone

epigfr.com CYSTATIN C PEDIATRIC CYSTATIN C (BETA)

Chronic Kidney Disease

Why is the ACR better than the 24 hour urine for protein?

The National Kidney Foundation Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease now recommend that we do urine protein and urine albumin ratios instead of the 24 horu urine. The 24 hour urine study correlates well with the more simple ratio. The 24 hour urine was difficult for patients collect. Furthermore, it was less accurate because folks often forgot to use the container for one of the samples. Since the study was timed, and volume and timing were critical, this made it inaccurate - and very frustrating to patients. Hats off to K/DOQI for changing the guideline.

NKF KDOQI Guidelines

Frequently Asked Questions Index

• What is Chronic Kidney Disease?
• Who is at risk for CKD?
• How is CKD detected?
• What are some signs and symptoms of CKD?
• What is the definition of CKD?
• What is the Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)?
• What don't we prefer creatinine clearance any longer?
• What are some signs of kidney damage?
• What is proteinuria?
• My husband was told he had small kidneys on ultrasound.
• I have Stage 2 CKD - What does this mean?
• How can I control my stage 3 CKD?
• Can I exercise with CKD?
• Why is the ACR better than the 24 hour urine for protein?

This site complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information: verify here. Search only trustworthy HONcode health websites:

About The Nephron Information Center | Contact the webmaster: fadem@nephron.com © 2004-10 Nephron Information Center. All Rights Reserved. No part of this page can be reproduced without permission of the author. | Page coding updated April 21 2005. Content last updated dynamically at Last updated Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:03:03 -0600. .