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Optimization of urinary dipstick pH: Are multiple dipstick pH readings reliably comparable to commercial 24-hour urinary pH? [PDF]

Investigative and Clinical Urology, 2017
Purpose: Accurate measurement of pH is necessary to guide medical management of nephrolithiasis. Urinary dipsticks offer a convenient method to measure pH, but prior studies have only assessed the accuracy of a single, spot dipstick.
Joel E. Abbott, Daniel L. Miller, William Shi, David Wenzler, Fuad F. Elkhoury, Nishant D. Patel, Roger L. Sur   +6 more
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Repeated Negative Urine Trypsinogen-2 Dipstick Test Rules Out Diagnosis of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis.

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2020
BACKGROUND A dipstick test for urine trypsinogen-2 has been used in the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis, but there are only a few studies exploring the effectiveness of this test for early diagnose of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ...
M. Rainio, O. Lindström, M. Udd, P. Puolakkainen, U. Stenman, L. Kylänpää   +5 more
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Evaluation of Urine Dipstick For Leukocyte Esterase Test For Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection

Diyala Journal of Medicine, 2020
Background:General urine examination (GUE) and urine culture are the most requested tests by clinicians for patients with symptoms suggestive  of  urinary tract infections (UTI). However, they are laborious methods.
Shaima'a Rahem Al-Salihy
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Performance of circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) urine-dipsticks for rapid detection of intestinal schistosomiasis in schoolchildren from shoreline communities of Lake Victoria

Parasites & Vectors, 2010
For disease surveillance and mapping within large-scale control programmes, RDTs are becoming popular. For intestinal schistosomiasis, a commercially available urine-dipstick which detects schistosome circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) in host urine is ...
Kariuki HC, Lange CN, Lwambo NJS, Standley CJ, Adriko M, Stothard JR   +5 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Point-of-care Nitrite and Leukocyte Esterase Dipstick Test for the Screening of Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections

Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2021
Our study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of point-of-care nitrite and leukocyte esterase (LE) dipsticks in the diagnosis of suspected urinary tract infection (UTI) in infants
Jayasurya Suresh, S. Krishnamurthy, J. Mandal, N. Mondal, Palanisamy Sivamurukan   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Does Proteinuria Measured by Dipstick Method Reflect Reality in Patients with Preeclampsia?

Genel Tıp Dergisi
Aim: The aim of our study is to compare the proteinuria levels measured by dipstick in complete urine analysis at admission with the proteinuria levels measured in 24-hour collected urine for patients hospitalized with a ...
Cenk Soysal, Mehmet Murat Işıkalan
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Overprescribing antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria in older adults: a case series review of admissions in two UK hospitals

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2019
Background Overdiagnosis and overtreatment of urinary tract infection (UTI) with antibiotics is a concern. In older adults, diagnosis of UTI using near-patient urine tests (reagent strip tests, dipsticks) is advised against because the age-related ...
Emily Rousham, Michael Cooper, Emily Petherick, Paula Saukko, Beryl Oppenheim   +4 more
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Evaluation of methods for rapid microalbuminuria screening in kidney diseased patients [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2012
Introduction. One of the criteria for chronic kidney disease detection is determination of microalbuminuria. Objective. This analysis was performed to evaluate accuracy of three useful methods for microalbuminuria detection in 24h urine collection and
Dajak Marijana, Bontić Ana, Ignjatović Svetlana, Pavlović Jelena, Majkić-Singh Nada, Ležaić Višnja   +5 more
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Diaper-embedded urine test device for the screening of urinary tract infections in children: a cohort study

BMC Pediatrics, 2020
Background There is a need for an easy and sensitive method for screening of urinary tract infections in young children. We set out to test whether a novel diaper-embedded urine test device is feasible and reliable in screening for urinary tract ...
Niko Paalanne, Lotta Wikstedt, Tytti Pokka, Jarmo Salo, Matti Uhari, Marjo Renko, Terhi Tapiainen   +6 more
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Diagnostic test accuracy of dipstick urinalysis for diagnosing urinary tract infection in febrile infants attending the emergency department

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2022
Objective To report the diagnostic test accuracy of dipstick urinalysis for the detection of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in febrile infants aged 90 days or less attending the emergency department (ED). Design Retrospective cohort study.
Thomas Waterfield, S. Foster, R. Platt, M. J. Barrett, S. Durnin, J. Maney, D. Roland, L. McFetridge, H. Mitchell, E. Umana, M. Lyttle   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source