Question 253 · LEK · Chronic complications
In order to evaluate kidney damage in a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus one should assess:
- A. proteinuria and glomerular filtration rate every 5 years.
- B. proteinuria and glomerular filtration rate every year.
- C. glycosuria and glomerular filtration rate every year.
- D. glycosuria and glomerular filtration rate every 5 years.
- E. urinalysis and glomerular filtration rate every 6 months.
Hint
Diabetic kidney disease is screened with one measure of filtration and one of glomerular barrier damage, repeated at a fixed routine interval.
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