Study of Urinary Microalbumin and Allied Renal Function Tests in Children with Acute Glomerulonephritis

Renal function assessment is important for clinical management of patients and for intervention studies. It has specific issue in children because most parameters are influenced by age, by body size, and by the level of renal function itself. In addition, technical, problem might occur owing to vascular accesses, bladder control attainment, urine collection, and other factors. The renal function tests of 30 children with acute glomerulonephritis (AGN) were assessed. The alterations of serum urea, creatinine, uric acid, sodium, potassium and also urinary urea, creatinine, total proteins, microalbumin levels in AGN children as compared to that of control group. Alteration in these tests may be because of the strong inflammatory response in the glomerular basement membrane due to streptococcal infection, other infection or other underlying diseases.