Transient Proteinuria in Emergency Medical Admissions

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Abstract
TRANSIENT proteinuria has been found to accompany various physiologic and pathologic states in which normal kidney function is preserved. The best studied of these states has been febrile proteinuria, but transient proteinuria without renal disease has been described with changes in posture, exposure to cold, emotional stress, adrenalin administration, abdominal operations, and congestive heart failure.1 , 2 Theoretically, other diseases involving similar pathophysiologic changes (e.g., diseases accompanied by severe emotional stress or by a hyperadrenergic state) may also be associated with transient proteinuria. To determine which medical illnesses are associated with transient proteinuria and how frequently this occurs, we have evaluated 313 . . .

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