We dropped our urine myoglobin a while back as well. There may be reasonable
methods for urine myoglobin measurement but a "positive" or "negative"
answer that a physician often seeks is misleading. Depending on the method
used, a "pos" by a chemical method means >1 mg/L while a "pos" by an
immunological-based method e.g. latex agglutination means > 100 µg/L.
However, there's no evidence that either level is useful for detecting
rhabdomyolysis or predicting acute renal failure following rhabdomyolysis.
PC Chan fr. Toronto
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Subject: urine myoglobin
I have lost confidence in the urine myoglobin kit we have been using.
There seems to be a paucity of methods for measuring urine myoglobin, can
anyone recommend a good method for urine myoglobin?
A supplementary question is: should I bother measuring urine myoglobin
anyway?
Dr Martin Myers
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