Sulfosalicylic acid to detect proteins in urine of pregnant women.

Preeclampsia is one of the main causes of maternal mortality in the Department of Puno, this complication is a hypertensive disease of pregnancy, it is a public health problem worldwide, for this reason it is necessary to make a timely and preventive diagnosis. An alternative, for the confirmation of this disease, is the rapid detection of proteinuria, using sulfosalicylic acid, which, due to its predictive value, can be used in establishments that do not have personnel or laboratories to carry out clinical examinations.•It is an easy-to-use reagent that uses the urine of the pregnant woman.•Support for the diagnosis of preeclampsia in pregnancy•In addition, it is used to detect proteinuria in systemic diseases.