Question about collecting a 24 hour urine sample? Any help from a Renal/Urology nrs?

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Tele, Vascular, Plastics.

Hello,

Hopefully one of you Renal / Urology Nurses can help me...

I am collecting a 24 hour urine onmyself for my OB/GYN, as I am 34 wks pregnant with proteinuria and elevated BP's. We are testing Creatinine Clearance and Total Protein.

I woke up this morning, groggy, since I had not slept at all last night... being so tired I didn't realize that I was supposed to discard the first void... I already put it in the jug.

Will this affect the test very much? Should I continue? Should I start it over tomorrow?

Also, didn't even think about this until now... I ate alot of Easter Ham on sunday... and Alot of Easter Ham leftovers on Monday... maybe I ate too much... Should I worry this will affect the test... I read that one should not consume more than 8 oz of meat before the test... I probably did have more than 8 oz... im not sure.

What to do?

Thanks for any help.

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

You really need to run this (do's and don'ts) past your OB for he/she is the only one who can properly advise you in this instance.

Here is a link regarding collection 24 hour urine:

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/creatinine-and-creatinine-clearance?page=2

http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_adam.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcnszSzcontentzSzadamzSzencyzSzarticlezSz003622zPzhtm

Good luck with your pregnancy. We wish you well.

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