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Automated Urinalysis

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, 1988
Many sources of variation affect urinalysis testing. These are due to physiologic changes in the patient, therapeutic interventions, and collection, transportation, and storage of urine specimens. There are problems inherent to the manual performance of this high-volume test.
D A, Carlson, B E, Statland
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The Abnormal Urinalysis

Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2006
The urinalysis is one of the most commonly performed tests in pediatrics, and whether expected or incidental, abnormal findings are common. Understanding the strengths and limitations of the urinalysis allows one to maximize its use as a screening tool while avoiding expensive and unnecessary evaluations.
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The Urinalysis: A Critical Appraisal

Journal of Urology, 1987
The urinalysis, an inexpensive office test, is often performed unnecessarily. Improved chemical testing using reagent strips obviates the need for routine microscopy in many cases. More information is needed to make specific recommendations on the use of the routine urinalysis as a screening procedure.
Douglas P. Kiel   +3 more
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Screening Dipstick Urinalysis

Pediatrics, 1998
To the Editor. The Kaplan et al article “Screening Dipstick Urinalysis: A Time to Change,” published in the December 1997 Pediatrics , cites a dated revision of the Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine's (COMPAM) policy statement “Recommendations for Preventive Health Care.” The authors based their analysis on a 1991 schedule that was ...
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Urine samples and urinalysis

Nursing Standard, 2007
Urinalysis is a routine screening and diagnostic tool that can be used to identify infections and diseases. This article discusses methods of collecting and testing urine using reagent strips and provides a guide for interpreting the results.
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Urinalysis Interpretation

Neonatal Network, 2010
DURING INTRAUTERINE LIFE, the placenta is primarily responsible for electrolyte management in the fetus. The most important function of the kidney before birth is its role in formation and excretion of urine to maintain and promote an adequate amount of amniotic fluid.1 However, postnatally, the kidneys are responsible for fluid and electrolyte ...
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Quinine in Urinalysis For Heroin

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1971
To the Editor.— In the course of evaluating our drug screening program, it has come to our attention that quinine from tonic water, used as a mixer with some cocktails, gives a sustained positive fluorescence in urine samples taken up to 48 hours after ingestion of an 8-oz bottle of the mixer.
Wellon D. Collom   +3 more
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From uroscopy to urinalysis

Clinica Chimica Acta, 2000
Within several decades, 1830-1860, a theoretical system which had left its mark on the practice and rationale of medicine for more than 2000 years, the theory of the four humors, collapsed, taking with it uroscopy as the most important diagnostic tool of the physician's trade. What was the prior and subsequent nature of 'science'?
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Quality Assurance in Urinalysis

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, 1988
Instituting a Quality Assurance program in urinalysis is an important step in achieving accurate and reproducible results. This article has explored the various components of such a program for routine urine examination and included a discussion, along with "how to" recommendations, of such topics as specimen collection and handling, dipstick chemical ...
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URINE AND URINALYSIS

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1934
Robert A. Kilduffe, Louis Gershenfeld
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