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Urine Test Strips to Exclude Cerebral Spinal Fluid Blood [PDF]

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2011
Introduction: Determining the presence or absence of red blood cells (RBC) or their breakdown products in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is essential for the evaluation of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in headache patients.
Marshall, Robin A, Hejamanowski, Chris
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Reagent strips are efficient to rule out spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotics

, 2016
Background: The gold standard to diagnose spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a polymorphonuclear neutrophil count >= 250 cells/mu l in ascitic fluid. This test is laborious and expensive. Urine reagent strips measuring leukocyte esterase activity
Oey, Rosalie, de Man, Rob, Kuiper, JJ, van Buuren, Henk   +3 more
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Review of Recent Prevalence of Urogenital Schistosomiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa and Diagnostic Challenges in the Field Setting

Life, 2023
Human schistosomiasis is one of neglected tropical diseases that remain highly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Human schistosomiasis is mainly caused by two species, Schistosoma haematobium and S.
Sung-Tae Hong
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Hematobiochemical and Urological Alterations in Buffaloes with Post parturient Haemoglobinuria [PDF]

Benha Veterinary Medical Journal, 2018
    This study was carried out to estimate the haematological, serum biochemical and urological alterations associated with post parturient haemoglobinuria (PPH) on 70 haemoglobinuria and 30 apparently healthy buffaloes.
Hayat Fayed, Mohamed Ghanem, Yassen Abdel-Raof, Hossam El-Attar   +3 more
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Hematobium schistosomiasis control for health management of labor force generation at Nkhotakota and Lilongwe in the Republic of Malawi—assumed to be related to occupational risk

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2019
Background In Malawi, hematobium schistosomiasis is highly endemic. According to previous studies, countermeasures have been conducted mainly in school-aged children.
Nobuyuki Mishima, Samuel K. Jemu, Tomoaki Kuroda, Koichiro Tabuchi, Andrew W. Darcy, Takaki Shimono, Pheophet Lamaningao, Mari Miyake, Seiji Kanda, Susan Ng’ambi, Yoshihiro Komai, Hirofumi Maeba, Hiroyuki Amano, Toshimasa Nishiyama   +13 more
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Associations among Heavy Metals and Proteinuria and Chronic Kidney Disease

Diagnostics, 2021
Background: The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing annually in Taiwan. In addition to traditional risk factors, heavy metals contribute to the development of CKD.
Hui-Ju Tsai, Chih-Hsing Hung, Chih-Wen Wang, Hung-Pin Tu, Chiu-Hui Li, Chun-Chi Tsai, Wen-Yi Lin, Szu-Chia Chen, Chao-Hung Kuo   +8 more
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Evaluation of an automated urine chemistry reagent‐strip analyzer

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, 1995
AbstractWe evaluated the Miles Inc., Clinitek Atlas Automated Urine Chemistry Analyzer for 11 tests: bilirubin, color, glucose, ketones, leukocyte esterase, nitrite, occult blood, pH, protein, specific gravity, and urobilinogen. The instrument uses a roll of reagent strips affixed to a clear plastic support; urine specimens are automatically pipetted ...
J A, Lott, W R, Johnson, K E, Luke
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Urogenital schistosomiasis among pre-school and school aged children in four districts of north western Tanzania after 15 years of mass drug administration: Geographical prevalence, risk factors and performance of haematuria reagent strips.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
BackgroundUrogenital schistosomiasis remains as a public health problem in Tanzania and for the past 15 years, mass drug administration (MDA) targeting primary school children has remained as the mainstay for its control.
Humphrey D Mazigo, Upendo J Mwingira, Maria M Zinga, Cecilia Uisso, Paul E Kazyoba, Safari M Kinung'hi, Francesca Mutapi   +6 more
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Analysis of impaired kidney function in the community around the Morosi nickel mines

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2023
Preliminary studies showed that almost 50% of the people around the Morosi nickel mining industry had very high creatinine levels (26 mmol/l). High creatinine levels indicate impaired kidney function.
Tasnim Tasnim, Sunarsih Sunarsih
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Smartphone-Based Point-of-Care Urinalysis Under Variable Illumination

IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, 2018
Urine tests are performed by using an off-the-shelf reference sheet to compare the color of test strips. However, the tabular representation is difficult to use and more prone to visual errors, especially when the reference color-swatches to be compared ...
Moonsoo Ra, Mannan Saeed Muhammad, Chiawei Lim, Sehui Han, Chansung Jung, Whoi-Yul Kim   +5 more
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