Results: 14

Predicting 24-hour urinary sodium excretion in Afro-Caribbean Barbadians by comparing urine sodium excretion over different durations versus spot collection

West Indian med. j; 62 (3), 2013
AIM: Urinary sodium excretion is used as an assessment tool for salt intake and salt handling. Even though cumbersome, the most reliable and readily used method in clinical and epidemiological studies is the 24-hour urine collection. This study investigates other appropriate means of predicting 24-hour u...

Predicting 24-hour urinary protein excretion in Afro-Caribbean Barbadians by comparing urine protein excretion over different durations versus spot collection

West Indian med. j; 62 (3), 2013
AIM: The gold standard for the determination of proteinuria, an independent risk factor for cardiovascular and renal disease, is the measurement of protein in a 24-hour urine collection. However, this method has been shown to be unreliable mainly due to poor compliance of sampling by patients. This study...

Un método simple para la recolección, extracción y medición de catecolaminas en orina de adultos mayores

La medición de catecolaminas en orina ha sido utilizada tanto para diagnóstico como para la investigación. Este trabajo propone algunas modificaciones y condiciones estandarizadas para llevar a cabo la recolección de muestras de orina y la extracción y cuantificación de las catecolaminas utilizando...