mALBUrine microalbumin
What it shows
Small amounts of albumin in urine: the first sign of kidney damage in diabetes and high blood pressure.
Your doctor reads the result: the laboratory does not diagnose or prescribe. The result sheet gives the reference range beside each value.
Sample
- Short code
- mALB
- What is taken
- Urine
- Container
- Sterile urine cup (free at any branch)
- Turnaround
- 1 working days for samples taken by 12:00; result at 18:00
- At home
- Yes, a nurse comes to your home
Preparation
- No fasting needed
- The first urine after waking, after washing, the middle part into a sterile cup; bring it within 2 hours.
- Not during a period; 2 days after it ends.
Reference ranges
| For | Range |
|---|---|
| Everyone | below 20 mg/L |
These ranges are for Damla’s analysers and methods; another laboratory’s ranges may differ slightly.
This test is part of these check-ups
From the same section
- URINEUrinalysis₼6
- URCUrine culture with antibiotic sensitivity₼30
- COPROStool analysis (coprogram)₼10
- O&PStool for worm eggs and protozoa₼8
- FITFaecal occult blood (immunochemical)₼12