Jalil Iqbal Malik, Munir Ahmad Azhar, Muhammad Saleem Channar, Aftab Hassan Shah, Muhammad Akbar Khan.
Frequency of Micro Albuminuria in Diabetic patients at the Diabetic Clinic of Bahawal Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur.
Ann King Edward Med Uni Jan ;10(3):229-31.

Study was carried out to determine the prevalence of Microalbuminuria in patients suffering from Diabetes Mellitus type-II. attending the "diabetic clinic" at the medical outpatient department of Bahawal Victoria Hospital from May 2003 to September 2003. Three hundred diagnosed cases of diabetes mellitus on oral hypoglycemic agents with ages between 40-60 years, irrespective of their six, were included in the study. Patients having fever, Urinary Tract Infections, hypertension, heart failure, known renal parenchyma diseases and connective tissue diseases like SLE, RA etc. involving the kidney were excluded from the present study. The study population was, evaluated for albuminuria. They were first screened for Macroalbuminuria. Eighteen patients had Macroalbuminuria. They were not followed up further. Of the remaining, 282 patients, 43 (28 males and 15 females) were found to have Microalbuminuria. Overall frequency of Microalbuminuria was 14.34%. Very few studies have so far been conducted to determine the prevalence of Microalbuminuria in Pakistan. Microalbuminuria is considered to bi a marker of the earlier & reversible stage of nephropathy. Therefore these patients wire advised to modify their life styli. ACE inhibitors were prescribed to such patients to prevint progression of renal disease.

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