how to cite:
Moradan
S, rahmanian
M, Ghorbani
R. Correlation between the protein content in 6-hours and 24-hours urine samples in hospitalized women with probable preeclampsia. koomesh. 2015;17(1):e150766.
Abstract
Introduction: Preeclampsia is one of the most important complications
during pregnancy and the gold standard for its diagnosis is 24 hours urine
protein assay. In relation to that, the
aim of the present study was to determine the possibility of replacing 6-hours
with 24-hours urine protein assay. Materials and Methods: A descriptive analytic study was performed on 30 pregnant
women over 20 weeks of gestation, hospitalized with probable diagnosis of
preeclampsia with at least a positive urinary strip test or (1+) for protein
and blood presure ≥140/90. First a random urine sample was obtained for
measuring protein/ creatinine ratio. Then 2 distinctive sets of urine samples
were collected: first for 6-hours and then for 18-hours. Protein was measured
in the 6 hour sample, then two samples were mixed and after the protein assay
the concentration was counted as the protein content in 24-hours sample. Data
was analyzed by Spearman correlation with considering P-value (
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