This test is used to detect and monitor renal disease in patients with diabetes mellitus and hypertension, and other patients at risk for or with renal disease including women with preeclampsia and patients with systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE).
Gross proteinuria may be detected using urine dipsticks and direct testing. The immunoturbidimetric assay for urinary albumin excretion is more sensitive and enables earlier detection of renal impairment
