Proteinuria During Acute Pyelonephritis In Pregnancy

Completed

Conditions studied: Proteinuria

In brief

The purpose of this research study is to compare the amount of protein excreted by the kidneys in a 24-hour period between patients who have a kidney infection and those who do not have a kidney infection.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02536638

Run by

MemorialCare Health System

People needed

48

Starts

2015-07-01

Expected to finish

2016-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-09-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Women ≥ 18 years old admitted at Miller Children and Women's Hospital Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
• Gestational age between 20 weeks and 0 days to 41 weeks and 0 days
• Singleton pregnancy
• Pyelonephritis group:
• meeting 2 out of 3 criteria:
• Fever > 100.4
• Costovertebral angle tenderness
• Positive urine culture - without pyelonephritis group: without acute cystitis and pyelonephritis
• Positive culture defined as: quantitative count of ≥ 100,000 CFU/mL or single catheterized urine specimen with quantitative count of 100 CFU/mL.

You may not qualify if…

• Chronic hypertension
• Pre-gestational diabetes
• Autoimmune disorders
• Preexisting renal disease
• Multiple gestation
• Vaginal bleeding
• Preeclampsia
• Hospital admission > 3 days

Where it is running

• Miller Children's and Women's Hospital at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center — Long Beach, California, United States

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