77254-1
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 77254-1 | ||||||||||
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| description | Measures the albumin excretion in urine to aid in the early detection of kidney disease (and increased risk of cardiovascular events) for patients with diabetes. Normal 24 hour urine albumin excretion is less than 30 mg/day in adults. 24-hour urine excretion results between 30-300 mg/day are defined as microalbuminuria (MAU) which may occur with kidney damage. | ||||||||||
| status | ACTIVE | ||||||||||
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| component | Albumin/Creatinine | ||||||||||
| property | Ratio | ||||||||||
| time | 24H = 24 hours | ||||||||||
| system | Urine | ||||||||||
| scale | Qn = Quantitative: The result of the test is a numeric value that relates to a continuous numeric scale. Reported either as an integer, a ratio, a real number, or a range. The test result value may optionally contain a relational operator from the set {<=, <, >, >=}. Valid values for a quantitative test are of the form "7", "-7", "7.4", "-7.4", "7.8912", "0.125", "<10", "<10.15", ">12000", 1-10, 1:256 | ||||||||||
| method | Detection limit <= 1.0 mg/L | ||||||||||
Additional Names | |||||||||||
| short name | 1 day; 24 hours; 24HR; Alb; Chemistry; CR; Crea; Creat; DL<=1 mg/L; Kidney; Left; Levo; MA; Malb; Micro albumin; Microalbumin; Nephrology; Protein.albumin; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Ratios; Renal; Rto; UA; UCr; UR; Urn | ||||||||||
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| class | CHEM | ||||||||||
| type | 1 Laboratory | ||||||||||
| order vs. observation | Microalbumin/Cr | ||||||||||
| example UCUM units | mg/mmol creatinine The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a code system intended to include all units of measures being contemporarily used in international science, engineering, and business (www.unitsofmeasure.org) | ||||||||||
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| last updated | 2.54 | ||||||||||
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | ||||||||||
| change reason | mg/mmol{creat} | ||||||||||
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