title: Amylase/creatinine clearance ratio and tubular proteinuria in acute pancreatitis.
abstract: Amylase/creatinine clearance ratio (CAm/CCr), urinary protein concentration and urinary protein pattern were studied in 102 samples from 27 patients with acute pancreatitis and in 46 controls. Raised CAm/CCr, proteinuria and a tubular protein pattern were present in 74, 56 and 96% of the patients, respectively. However, CAm/CCr and proteinuria and CAm/CCr and tubular protein pattern were not correlated. These results do not support the suggestion that an elevated CAm/CCr in acute pancreatitis is due to generalized tubular protein reabsorption failure presenting with tubular proteinuria.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000681:Amylases / Q000652:urine*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000378:metabolism; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D003404:Creatinine; D000681:Amylases