Results of proteinuria measurement using semiquantitative dipstick in children with fever or nephrotic syndrome
Keywords:
diagnostic test, AUTION Stick 10 TA, proteinuria
Abstract
Background Proteinuria is a major determinant of the progressionof renal disease. Quantitative measurement of proteinuria within
a 24-hour period of urine collection was the accepted method of
evaluation, but is tedious and prone to error in the absence of a
reliable collection. We evaluated the diagnostic value of AUTION
Sticks 10 TA to diagnose proteinuria in children with fever and
nephrotic syndrome.
Methods This study was conducted at the pediatric ward of Sardjito
Hospital. Proteinuria levels were measured using semiquantitative
dipstick methods with AUTION Sticks 10 TA using a 24-hour
urine sample collected at the first examination until the following
day. Proteinuria level was also measured by Esbach method as gold
standard.
Results A total of 120 children aged 16 years old were recruited. In
the fever group, AUTION Sticks 10 TA couldn’t be used for the
diagnostic test. AUTION Sticks 10 TA +2 to diagnose intermediate
proteinuria produced a sensitivity of 60%, a specificity of 89%, a
positive predictive value of 43% , a negative predictive value of
94%, a positive likelihood ratio of 5.4, a negative likelihood ratio of
0.45. To diagnose nephrotic proteinuria, AUTION Sticks 10 TA
+3/+4 produced a sensitivity of 90%, a specificity of 91%, a positive
predictive value of 96%, a negative predictive value of 77%, a
positive likelihood ratio of 10, a negative likelihood ratio of 0.11.
Conclusion AUTION Sticks 10 TA +2 is sufficiently accurate
for a diagnostic test of intermediate proteinuria (Esbach value)
while +3/+4 is sufficiently accurate for a diagnostic test of
nephrotic proteinuria (Esbach value) in children. In the fever
group, dipstick result can not explain the Esbach value.
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Academy of Family Physician 1998;58:1-11.
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established at the National Kidney Foundation conference
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elimination (PARADE). Pediatrics 2000;105:1242-9.
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Impairment, 2004. Urine Protein as Diagnostic Test in Urine
Protein as Diagnostic Test.
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proteinuria. In: Behrman RE, Kliegman RM, Arvin AM,
editors. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 15 th ed. Philadelphia:
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for a Change. Am J Kidney Dis 2003;1:1.
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Chemistry. USA: Miles Inc; 1991.
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14. Penders J, Fiers T, Delanghe JR. Quantitative evaluation of
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The Essentials. 3 rd ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins;
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strategy based on determination of various urinary protein.
Srp Arh Celok Lek 2004;132:127-32.
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2008-02-29
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Alaydrus C, Soenarto Y, Damanik M. Results of proteinuria measurement using semiquantitative dipstick in children with fever or nephrotic syndrome. PI [Internet]. 29Feb.2008 [cited 27Apr.2024];48(1):10-. Available from: https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/444
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Accepted 2016-09-04
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