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Albumin, Micro
Microalbumin/Creatinine Ratio
Urinary Albumin Excretion Rate
Albumin, Micro
MA
Microalbumin/Creatinine Ratio
UMA
Urinary Albumin Excretion Rate
UMA/CREAT RATIO
CREATU
UMA/CR
CREATININE URINE RANDOM
URINE MICROALBUMIN
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Test Overview
PEG Enhanced Immunoturbidometric
Detection of diabetics (and others) at risk for renal failure. Monitoring effectiveness of blood pressure control, glucose control, and/or protein restriction, etc., particularly in early diabetes, in preventing progression to overt proteinuria.
Urine Microalbumin: 0 - 21 mcg/ml; Urine Microalbumin/Creatinine Ratio: 0 - 30 mg UMA/gm Creatinine. The American Diabetes Association recommends the following ranges as guidelines for the interpretation of the Microalbumin/Creatinine ratio: <30 mg/gm Normal; 30 - 299 mg/gm Microalbuminuria; >=300 mg/gm Clinical Albuminuria.
* Reference ranges may change over time. Please refer to the original patient report when evaluating results.
Specimen Requirements
Urine, preservative free. Patient should not excerise prior to collection. Collect first AM void or 24 hour urine collection, preservative free. Specimen should be free of blood or semen. Random urine is also acceptable.
Collect first AM void or 24 hour urine specimen with no preservative; random urine is also acceptable. Aliquot a minimum of 1 mL into a screw-cap urine container and refrigerate up to 1 week or freeze for longer storage. Patient should not exercise prior to collection. Specimen should be free of blood or semen. Record appropriate collection information, e.g. Random, First AM, etc. on requisition; measure and record total volume of 24 hour collection.