Protein/Creatinine ratio versus 24-Hour urine protein in preeclampsia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Preeclampsia; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Fetal medicine and complications of pregnancy; Cardiovascular - Hypertension

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618001910291
• Lead Sponsor: Ibrahim A. Abdelazim

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-11-23
• Study Completion: 2020-11-23
• Last Update Posted: 14 November 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 110

Inclusion Criteria

Women between 20-40 years old, diagnosed as preeclampsia and admitted for control of blood pressure and investigations after 20 weeks` gestation during the period from December 2018 till December 2019 after informed consent and approval of the study by the local ethical committee of both hospitals.

Exclusion Criteria

Women > 40 years, women with chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension (without proteinuria), diabetes, pre-existing chronic renal disease or urinary tract infections, refused to participate and/or refused to give consent.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Accuracy of protein to creatinine ratio versus 24-hour urine collection in detection of remarkable proteinuria in preeclampsia.<br>Urine protein will be assessed by Biuret method.<br><br>[The results of urine protein will be ready within 15 minutes for each patient.<br>While, the time point for assessment of the study outcome will be available post-enrolment. ]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
rine creatinine will be assessed by modified Jaffe test.[The results of urine creatinine will be ready within 15 minutes for each patient.<br>While, the time point for assessment of the study outcome will be available post-enrolment.<br>]