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Metabolic health, independent of body mass index, is associated with mortality risk in type 1 diabetes

Journal of Diabetes Investigation, EarlyView.
In type 1 diabetes, mortality was highest in metabolically unhealthy underweight patients, and metabolic unhealthiness was associated with higher cardiovascular disease risk across all BMI categories. Comprehensive metabolic management is needed. ABSTRACT Aims/Introduction Although a low body mass index (BMI) is traditionally associated with high ...
Jung A Kim, Jimi Choi, Kyeong Jin Kim, Soo Myoung Shin, Young‐Eun Kim, Kyoung Jin Kim, Hee Young Kim, Nam Hoon Kim, Sin Gon Kim   +8 more
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Evaluation of haem dipstick pad, urine protein, urinepHand urine protein:creatinine ratio results as a marker of bacteriuria in dogs and cats with inactive urine sediment [PDF]

, 2023
ObjectivesEvaluation of haem dipstick pad, urine protein, urine pH and urine protein:creatinine ratio results as a marker of bacteriuria in dogs and cats with inactive urine sediment.Materials and MethodsCats and dogs with contemporaneous urine dipstick,

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A cross-sectional descriptive study of culture and urine dipstick methods for evaluation of urinary tract infection in children as a rapid screening tool [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Basic Research, 2023
Background: This study was designed to analyze the efficacy of a urine dipstick to detect urinary tract infection (UTI) in children and to correlate it with the urine culture.
Sajid Basha S Md, Krishnaiah D. Murali, Zia Ur Rahman, Khaleef S. Abdul   +3 more
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Catheter‐Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Children: An Evidence‐Informed Narrative Review of Diagnosis, Management and Prevention

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Catheter‐associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) are a common healthcare‐associated infection in children and a major contributor to increased morbidity, prolonged hospital stays and higher healthcare costs. This narrative review uses an evidence‐informed approach highlighting recent paediatric literature (2000–2025) to provide an overview
Simon P. Paget, Robert McCusker, Suzanne Simpson, Melissa Short, Angela Berkhout   +4 more
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Establishing the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ratiometric urine protein:creatinine test with 24-h total protein measurement for preeclampsia

Philippine Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
INTRODUCTION: Preeclampsia, a multisystemic, multifactorial disorder, is the second leading cause of maternal deaths in the Philippines. It is diagnosed by the presence of hypertension and proteinuria or significant end-organ damage in a parturient ...
Zabrina T. Cua-Lam, Catherine Joie Carelle R. Ong   +1 more
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Relationships among urinary protein‐to‐creatinine ratio, urine specific gravity, and bacteriuria in canine urine samples

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2019
Background Proteinuria is a marker of chronic kidney disease in dogs and a risk factor for increased morbidity and death. Predictive models using the results of readily available screening tests could foster early recognition.
Alison G. Meindl, Bianca N. Lourenço, Amanda E. Coleman, Kate E. Creevy   +3 more
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Comparison of urine dipstick and albumin:creatinine ratio for chronic kidney disease screening: A population-based study.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is usually diagnosed using the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) or kidney damage markers. The urine dipstick test is a widely used screening tool for albuminuria, a CKD marker. Although the urine albumin:creatinine
Ji In Park, Hyunjeong Baek, Bo Ra Kim, Hae Hyuk Jung   +3 more
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Prognostic significance of dipstick proteinuria in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: insight from the PURSUIT-HFpEF registry

BMJ Open, 2021
Objective The semiquantitative urine dipstick test is a simple and convenient method that is available in the smallest community-based healthcare clinics.
Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Shinichiro Suna, Shungo Hikoso, Takahisa Yamada, Masaaki Uematsu, Yoshio Yasumura, Akito Nakagawa, Toshihiro Takeda, Takayuki Kojima, Hirota Kida, Bolrathanak Oeun, Akihiro Sunaga, Tomoharu Dohi, Katsuki Okada, Hiroya Mizuno, Daisaku Nakatani, Yasushi Matsumura, Yasushi Sakata, Shunsuke Tamaki, Takaharu Hayashi, Yoshiharu Higuchi, Masaharu Masuda, Mitsutoshi Asai, Toshiaki Mano, Hisakazu Fuji, Daisaku Masuda, Yoshihiro Takeda, Yoshiyuki Nagai, Shizuya Yamashita, Masami Sairyo, Yusuke Nakagawa, Shuichi Nozaki, Haruhiko Abe, Yasunori Ueda, Yukihiro Koretsune, Kunihiko Nagai, Masamichi Yano, Masami Nishino, Jun Tanouchi, Yoh Arita, Shinji Hasegawa, Takamaru Ishizu, Minoru Ichikawa, Yuzuru Takano, Eisai Rin, Tetsuya Watanabe, Shiro Hoshida, Masahiro Izumi, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, Hiroyasu Kato, Kazuhiro Nakatani, Mayu Nishio, Keiji Hirooka, Takahiro Yoshimura, Yoshinori Yasuoka, Akihiro Tani, Yasushi Okumoto, Hideharu Akagi, Yasunaka Makino, Katsuomi Iwakura, Nagahiro Nishikawa, Yoshiyuki Kijima, Takashi Kitao, Hideyuki Kanai, Wataru Shioyama, Masashi Fujita, Koichiro Harada, Masahiro Kumada, Osamu Nakagawa, Ryo Araki, Takayuki Yamada, Fusako Sera, Kei Nakamoto, Hidetaka Kioka, Tomohito Ohtani, Yukinori Shinoda, Yohei Sotomi, Taiki Sato, Yuji Yasuga, Toshinari Onishi   +79 more
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Salivary Methotrexate as a Predictor of Oral Mucositis in Hematological Cancer Patients: A Phase II Randomized, Double‐Blind Clinical Trial

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the efficacy of prophylactic photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) in preventing oral mucositis (OM) and to assess serum and salivary methotrexate (MTX) levels as predictors of OM in adults receiving high‐dose methotrexate (HD‐MTX).
Letícia Rodrigues‐Oliveira, Carolina Guimarães Bonfim, Ana Leticia Mores, Natalia Rangel Palmier, Henrique Ballassini Abdalla, Juliana Trindade Clemente‐Napimoga, Iara Gonçalves Aquino, Maria Cecilia Querido de Oliveira, Maria Cláudia Cuzzullin, Aljomar Jose Vechiato Filho, Cesar Rivera, Tatiana Natasha Toporcov, Juliana Pereira, Luiz Alcino Gueiros, Rossana Veronica Mendoza López, Manoela Domingues Martins, Marcelo Lazzaron Lamers, Karina Morais‐Faria, Pablo Agustin Vargas, Alan Roger Santos‐Silva, Thais Bianca Brandão, Ana Carolina Prado‐Ribeiro   +21 more
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Urine testing to differentiate glomerular from tubulointerstitial diseases on kidney biopsy

Practical Laboratory Medicine, 2022
Background: Differentiating between glomerular and tubulointerstitial diseases can guide selection of appropriate patients for kidney biopsy. The aim of this study is to identify urine tests that can differentiate between these histological diagnoses ...
Anna C. Tran, Hannah Melchinger, Jason Weinstein, Melissa Shaw, Candice Kent, Mark A. Perazella, F. Perry Wilson, Chirag R. Parikh, Dennis G. Moledina   +8 more
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