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Predictors of tubular proteinuria (alpha 1-M/ crea ratio >10 mg/mmol) were sought in 100 infants of 24–32 weeks’ (group 1) and 69 of 34–42 weeks’ gestation (group 2). Random spot urine samples were obtained in the former group at the ages of 0–3 days, at 1–2 weeks and thereafter at 2-week intervals until the disappearance of tubular proteinuria, and in the latter one sample at a mean (SD) of 3.0 days’ (1.3) age. In group 1, gestational age correlated negatively with the first urinary alpha 1-M/ crea ratio. The highest urinary alpha 1-M/crea ratios [median (range) 39.1 mg/mmol (9.5–268.9)] occurred at a median (range) of 5 days’ (1–42) age. Low gestational age and the need for inotropes predicted tubular proteinuria early after birth, whereas low gestation and long duration of ventilator treatment predicted the highest alpha 1-M/crea ratios. Prolonged vancomycin treatment and low gestational age were associated with delayed normalization of tubular proteinuria. In group 2 no significant risk factors for tubular proteinuria were found. The urinary alpha 1-M/crea ratio seems to be a sensitive indicator of renal tubular function in neonates, with low gestational age, the need for inotropes and prolonged assisted ventilation being predictors of increased tubular proteinuria. Long vancomycin courses should be avoided in pre-term infants in view of the prolonged adverse renal effects.
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Ojala, R., Ala-Houhala, M., Harmoinen, A.P.T. et al. Tubular proteinuria in pre-term and full-term infants. Pediatr Nephrol 21, 68–73 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-005-2028-0
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