Treatment of Proteinuria

  • Proteinuria in Pregnancy

    During pregnancy, proteinuria has traditionally been a hallmark of preeclampsia, but it is also a nonspecific indicator of renal disease and may result from an elevated plasma protein concentration, increased glomerular permeability, decreased tubular protein reabsorption, and renal hemodynamic alterations. It has been reported that the rate of isolated proteinuria in pregnancy may reach 8%,…