Only 1 in 15 urine dipstick tests showing proteinuria in the primary care setting are followed up with albuminuria quantification testing, according to investigators. These findings expose a broad gap ...

Point-of-care urine dipstick demonstrated higher sensitivity (90.2%) and specificity (92.6%) than laboratory urinalysis for diagnosing urinary tract infection (UTI) in febrile infants aged 2-6 months.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When a dipstick test suggests there's blood in the urine, the next step should be to examine a sample of the urine under a microscope to make sure the dipstick result is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Of evaluated patients with urine dipstick testing, 13% had an abnormal T1 protein test result. The cumulative ...

A negative urinalysis for microscopic hematuria is reported in up to 18% of cases of urolithiasis. Argyropoulos and colleagues have carried out a single-center, retrospective study to investigate ...

Urine dipstick alone (without urine microscopy) is an adequate screening test for febrile infants aged 1–90 days with suspected UTI, according to a recent study from researchers in Salt Lake City, ...

A new diagnostic method for urinary tract infection in pediatric patients older than 2 months blends the liberal approach taken by the American Academy of Pediatrics 2011 guidelines and the ...

Researchers say they've created a simple urine test that detects the presence of dangerous blood clots in the lungs more accurately than the current blood test. The clot typically forms in the leg, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have found that an AI analysis of a urine is all that's needed to predict when the symptoms of someone with lung ...

This month’s case addresses the issues of when to act on abnormal test results. This month’s case addresses the issues of when to act on abnormal test results, and when to inform patients about such ...