Diabetic Nephropathy : Tests

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Your doctor may think you have diabetic nephropathy if you have diabetes and a routine urinalysis shows too much protein in your urine. This test may also show glucose in the urine, especially if your blood sugar is poorly controlled. The main sig...
Source:ADAM
Date:April 28, 2008
BUN (blood urea nitrogen) is a test that measures the amount of urea nitrogen (a breakdown product of protein metabolism ) in the blood.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 15, 2007
The blood urea nitrogen (BUN) test measures the level of urea nitrogen in a sample of the patient ' s blood. Urea is a substance that is formed in the liver when the body breaks down protein.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a test used to check how well the kidneys are working. Specifically, it estimates how much blood passes through the tiny filters in the kidneys, called glomeruli, each minute. See also: Creatinine - clearance; Creatinine - serum; Creatinine - urine.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 12, 2007
A blood glucose test measures the amount of sugar (glucose) in a sample of your blood. See also: Glucose test - urine; Glucose test - CSF; Home blood glucose monitoring.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 8, 2007
Glucose tests are used to determine the concentration of glucose in blood , urine, cerebrospinal fluid, and other body fluids. These tests are used to detect an increased blood glucose (hyperglycemia), a decreased blood glucose (hypoglycemia), increased glucose in the urine (glycosuria), and a decrease in cerebrospinal, serous, and synovial fluid glucose.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
The glucose urine test measures the amount of sugar (glucose) in a urine sample. The presence of glucose in the urine is called glucosuria. See also: Glucose test - blood; Glucose test - CSF; Home glucose monitoring.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 7, 2008
During a physical examination, a health care provider studies a patient's body to determine the presence or absence of physical problems. A typical physical examination includes: Inspection (looking at the body) Palpation (feeling the body with hands) Auscultation (listening to sounds) Percussion (producing sounds)
Source:ADAM
Date:January 22, 2007
Creatinine is a breakdown product of creatine, which is an important part of muscle. A serum creatinine test measures the amount of creatinine in the blood.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 22, 2007
Creatine is an important compound produced by the body. It combines with phosphorus to make a high-energy phosphate compound in the body.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Urinalysis is a physical and/or chemical examination of the urine. It consist of a battery of chemical and microscopic tests to screen for urinary tract infections , renal (kidney) disease , and diseases of other organs that result in the appearance of abnormal metabolites (break-down products) in the urine.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 5, 2008
Urinalysis is a diagnostic physical, chemical, and microscopic examination of a urine sample (specimen). Specimens can be obtained by normal emptying of the bladder (voiding) or by a hospital procedure called catheterization.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Urinalysis is an important test used in diagnosing diseases of the genitourinary tract. Urine is examined for pH and specific gravity by chemical and direct microscopic methods.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
The urine specimen collection is a procedure used to obtain a sample of urine from a patient for diagnostic tests. Purpose The purpose of obtaining a urine sample is to test for any abnormalities that may be present, such as bacteria , ketones, or drugs.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
A urinalysis is a group of manual and/or automated qualitative and semi-quantitative tests performed on a urine sample. A routine urinalysis usually includes the following tests: color, transparency, specific gravity, pH, protein, glucose, ketones, blood, bilirubin, nitrite, urobilinogen, and leukocyte esterase.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
A urinalysis is a group of manual and/or automated qualitative and semi-quantitative tests performed on a urine sample. A routine urinalysis usually includes the following tests: color, transparency, specific gravity, pH, protein, glucose, ketones, blood , bilirubin, nitrite, urobilinogen, and leukocyte esterase.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Urine typically contains epithelial cells shed from the urinary tract. Urine cytology evaluates this urinary sediment for the presence of cancerous cells from the lining of the urinary tract, and it is a convenient noninvasive technique for follow-up analysis of patients treated for urinary tract cancers.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
A urine dipstick is a colorimetric chemical assay that can be used to determine the pH, specific gravity, protein, glucose, ketone, bilirubin, urobilinogen, blood, leukocyte, and nitrite levels of an individual ' s urine. It consists of a reagent stick-pad, which is immersed in a fresh urine specimen and then withdrawn.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
This is a test to detect small quantities of urine albumin .
Source:ADAM
Date:May 13, 2008
A urine albumin test measures the amount of protein in urine.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 22, 2007
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