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1/11💧 Urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) testing in type 2 diabetes (#T2D) – a brief tutorial
👉 What is it?
👉 Why it’s an important complement to eGFR 💉 testing to identify chronic kidney disease (#CKD) in #T2D
COI: #BayerPartner #ItstheKidney ckd-t2d.com
👉 What is it?
👉 Why it’s an important complement to eGFR 💉 testing to identify chronic kidney disease (#CKD) in #T2D
COI: #BayerPartner #ItstheKidney ckd-t2d.com
2/11📈UACR estimates 24-hour urine albumin excretion (g/day), assuming that ~1 g of creatinine is excreted in the urine daily.
3/11 An important paper by @NephRodby shows the usefulness of urine protein-to-creatinine ratio (UPCR) in predicting 24-hour protein excretion while critically assessing the values at hand. ajkd.org/article/0272-6… 
