Urinalysis tests are simple, cost-effective ways to get results for any number of biomarkers, from measuring glucose to determining whether an individual has an infection. However, the tests can ...

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 ...

A new low-cost, portable device that uses a black box and smartphone camera to help patients get accurate urine test results at home is on the horizon, thanks to engineers from the Electrical ...

March 15, 2010 — Routine dipstick urinalysis screening for chronic kidney disease (CKD) has little clinical value and is not cost-effective, according to the results of a study analyzing data on ...

DETROIT – Henry Ford Hospital researchers have found that the presence of excess protein in a common urine test is an effective prognostic marker of acute renal failure in patients with severe sepsis.

Blood in urine, known as haematuria, can signal kidney cancer. This symptom, whether visible or microscopic, demands ...

Urinalysis is one of the most frequently ordered diagnostic tests, critical for identifying conditions like urinary tract infections (UTIs), kidney disease, and diabetes. However, traditional dipstick ...

Automated leukocyte and bacterial counts performed well in the diagnosis of urinary tract infection in pediatric patients. However, point-of-care dipsticks could also be accurate enough to use in ...

Scientists have developed a urine diagnostic to detect the parasitic worms that cause river blindness, also called onchocerciasis, a tropical disease that afflicts 18 to 120 million people worldwide.

To assess the accuracy of urine dipstick analysis for protein, combined with urine specific gravity, in predicting overt proteinuria (urine protein : creatinine [UPC] ratio ≥500 mg/g [≥0.057 g/mmol]) ...