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..This article also proposes a protocol for a urine dipstick pressed into an incontinence pad as an alternative to dipstick analysis of a clean-catch or catheterized urine specimen...

..To evaluate the reproducibility and accuracy of 4 portable pH meters, a reagent strip, and pH paper for measuring urine pH in dogs...

..To review systematically and to summarize the existing literature regarding performance of rapid diagnostic tests for urinary tract infection (UTI) in children...

..Given its advantages of instant testing and quantitative measurement, this assay has potential as a useful tool for rapid on-farm diagnosis of foot-and-mouth disease...

..We have tested two reagent strips, Multistix 8 SG and Combur 2 LN for bedside diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and symptomatic ..

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..Results of this study indicate the new dipstick/pad method may assist in the assessment of bacteriuria in incontinent nursing home residents...

..Diagnostic accuracy was 95%. We concluded that the use of a urine reagent dipstick (Multistix 10SG) could be considered a quick, easy and cheap method for ascitic fluid cellularity determination in SBP diagnosis...

..Nursing home dipstick testing effectively excluded the possibility of UTI...

..The gold-immunochromatographic test strip provides a unique tool for the on-site surveillance and diagnosis of Avian Influenza...

To assess the utility of reagent strips for rapid diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial empyema in cirrhotic patients with hepatic hydrothorax.

..The reagent strips were highly sensitive (97.8%) but only moderately specific (58.8%)...

..STUDY DESIGN. Cross-sectional study...

..6%), or both at home and at work (26.6%). At home: needles, syringes, lancets and reagent strips were thrown directly into the bin in 46.9%, 49.9%, 52.2% and 67...

..The improved survival might be explained by a more rapid diagnosis and treatment. The aim of our study was to assess the utility of two reagent strips, the Multistix test and the Combur(2) test LN, for the rapid diagnosis of SBP.

..MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of the reagent strips in diagnosing asymptomatic bacteriuria (defined as 10(5) colony forming units/ml urine)...

We studied the use of reagent strips for diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in cirrhotic patients with ascites...

..Leukocyte esterase reagent strips can rapidly detect leukocytes in physiological fluids...

..To compare urinary gram staining and dipstick for the detection of urinary tract infection (UTI)in febrile infants...

The aim of this study was to determine the utility of urine reagent strips in screening women with urinary incontinence for urinary tract infections. Subjects were all women presenting with urinary incontinence...

..A microscopic analysis may be useful when the UDT is negative or not clear enough, to verify the results...

..Given the enormous cost in routine screening of these patients and the impact on nursing resources, use of this analyser could have potential nursing resource and financial benefits...

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..out between 1989 and 1991 in a rice-growing area located in Mali, West Africa, haematuria was detected by reagent strips among 2,873 six-year-old and more subjects randomly chosen from 14 villages...

..To determine the sensitivity of the leukocyte esterase (LE) pad to predict microscopically quantified white blood cells in urine sediment and to assess the interaction of urine specific gravity (SG) on leukocyte esterase sensitivity...

..The clinical significance of a trace protein reading on urinalysis is unclear, and such a result is often ignored by the clinician...

..The IC strip test could reduce the necessity of a urine culture in patients with suspected infections and provide rapid point-of-care testing...

..The positive predictive value of a positive nitrite test result was 96%. Addition of results of the leukocyte esterase test did not improve the diagnostic accuracy of the nitrite test...

..The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results and study weaknesses of these best papers are tabulated. A clinical bottom line is stated...

..Furthermore, the tests must be easy to perform and understand by local people in such a way that a suitable and prompt antimalarial treatment is guaranteed...

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..The study was designed to evaluate the accuracy of urinary indices as diagnostic tests to identify acute dehydration...

..that the diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) can be rapidly obtained using leukocyte esterase reagent strips. However, published studies were restricted to one or two centers, and the number of patients with SBP was ..

..Furthermore, some repeatability problems were demonstrated with the semi-quantitative MA test. These findings demonstrate that the semi-quantitative MA test should not be relied on as the sole determinant of proteinuria...

..Antibiotic sensitivity tests carried out on the positive culture samples showed high sensitivity to gentamicin, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and fosfomycin...

..The purpose of this study was to assess the usefulness of two different reagent strips, the UriSCAN and the Multistix10SG, for the rapid bedside diagnosis of SBP...

..Urine dipstick alone is insufficient for diagnosing urinary tract infection in patients with pelvic floor disorders...

..Systematic reviews have not documented any adequately powered studies in primary care that assess independent predictors of laboratory diagnosis...

..Better alternatives are presently available, and in the near future we will likely see urine tests for specific clinical conditions...

..Several attempts to use leukocyte esterase reagent strips to diagnose peritonitis have been described...

..Our findings support previous conclusions that quantitative urine cultures are required to rule out asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant women...

..Prompt diagnosis and treatment is important to reduce the risk of renal scarring. Rapid, cost-effective, methods of UTI diagnosis are required as an alternative to culture...

..CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that a positive dipstick test for OB may occur in many patients with diabetes mellitus and suggest the progress of renal damage...

..These results support the treatment of women with positive nitrites who are preparing to undergo urodynamics without obtaining culture...

..Urine analysis is an essential component of patient assessment, which is used for screening, diagnosis and planning care. This article discusses specimen collection and reagent strip testing...

..2% (single voided urine sample) to 84.2% (24-hour urine aliquot). CONCLUSION: Dipstick urinalysis is not very accurate: therefore, all women presenting with hypertension during pregnancy should have a 24-hour urine protein measurement...

..Furthermore, by using DETID-Ec culture medium the time and the number of biochemical tests necessary for the E. coli identification are lowered...

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..To determine if true-negative nitrite results of a urine dipstick pressed into an incontinence pad (dipstick/pad method) are affected by a 2-hour delay in analysis...

..This examination of medical records showed that in-out catheterization is a reliable method to use to confirm UTIs in children 0 to 24 months...

..Haematuria is a serious symptom and is often detected by dipstick analysis. We examined the use of dipsticks in general practice...

..To test the interchangeability of a previously untested urine reagent strip, Clarity (RAC Medical), with the gold standard, Multistix (Bayer)...

..001). We conclude that DU in combination with clinical assessment is a superior method for diagnosing UTI than clinical assessment alone...

..To review the spot protein:creatinine ratio and albumin:creatinine ratio as diagnostic tests for significant proteinuria in hypertensive pregnant women...

..90) and creatinine measurements moderately (rho=0.76). Due to automated data transmission to the laboratory information system, the Clinitek status is of advantage in veterinary laboratories/clinics...

..Usg and Uosm are also sensitive to changes in hydration status but lag behind during periods of rapid body fluid turnover and therefore correlate only moderately with Posm during acute dehydration...

..To characterize the participation of clinical laboratories in the second biennial of an external quality assurance scheme for urinalysis in Mexico...

..We examined the validity of qualitative urine dipstick versus quantitative 24-hour measurement to accurately detect proteinuria, including low-level proteinuria...

..2%. These results allowed the use of rapid test in the screening of urinary tract infection in children. However, if clinical symptoms are present, the culture of urine must be associated to the rapid test...

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..The dipsticks are easy to use and are suitable for outpatient or point-of-care testing. The precision of the dipsticks is satisfactory and is only marginally lower than quantitative spectrophotometric methods using pyrogallol red (PYR)...

..Dipstick assessment of ACR does not improve the detection rate of significant proteinuria...

..An ELISA that quantifies canine urine albumin concentration has been developed, but semiquantitative test strips for use in the dog are not available...

..Our aim was to establish which communities require mass drug administration (MDA) with preventive chemotherapy (PCT), rather than to provide precise estimates of infection prevalence...

..Macro- and microscopic haematuria diagnosed visually and with urine reagent strips was used as an indirect indicator of Schistosoma haematobium infection...

..Urine reagent strips measured USG. Calibrated CorTemp (HQ, Inc...

..It is about Kato-Kartz and MIF for the intestinal schistosomiasis, centrifugation, filtration, serology reagent strips, macroscopy of urines and echography of the urinary system for the urinary schistosomiasis...

..Acute renal infarction is an oft-missed diagnosis. As a result, its true incidence, although presumed to be low, is actually unknown. Surprisingly, the medical literature on the subject, other than anecdotal case reports, is scarce...

..An exciting new development in the diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is the use of bedside reagent strips; yet, concerns regarding the inherent subjectivity of result reading have prevented the widespread adoption of ..

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..Screening of women of childbearing age for urinary schistosomiasis using urine reagent strips can be biased in two directions. The prevalence of S...

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..The aim of this study was to assess the burden of urinary tract pathology and morbidity due to schistosomiasis in Zanzibar and identify reliable clinical predictors of schistosomiasis associated renal disease...

..These animals were tested for urinary protein and the presence of circulating immune complexes using reagent strips and a polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation assay...

..compared (history of haematuria, visual haematuria, and microhaematuria at the 1+ and 2+ positivity limit by reagent strips) in terms of their diagnostic performance under conditions of progressive decrease in prevalence of infection, ..

..Blood glucose concentrations were measured with test reagent strips and serum insulin concentrations were measured by ELISA...

..The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of female urinary tract infection before and after urodynamic investigation and to identify the risk factors for urinary tract infection after urodynamic investigation...

..Indirect morbidity was determined as the presence of microhaematuria and proteinuria using reagent strips, and macrohaematuria was recorded with the naked eye. Out of the study population of 3912 subjects, 2562 (65...

..Parasitological investigations by reagent strips and urine filtration conducted on school children indicated respective prevalence rates of 85% at Thion, 37...

..Only twenty years ago blood glucose reagent strips were first coming into routine use...

..Compare the cost-effectiveness of self-monitoring of blood glucose (MBG) with your non-use...

..Unfortunately, even these facilities are not available in many areas. Reagent strips that measure glucose and protein in blood and urine can serve this task but have been used with varying ..

..The aim of this study was to investigate spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and bacterascites prevalence in a prospective cohort of cirrhotic outpatients following large-volume paracentesis with low risk of infection...

..recommended; infected children may be identified on the basis of haematuria, detected using questionnaires or reagent strips. Additional health education, to heighten awareness of the disease and its prevention, would also be beneficial...

..Tests included filtration of 10 ml of urine, search for microscopic hematuria using reagent strips, and gross examination of urine...

..We compared the effect of short-term consumption of a very low carbohydrate (VLC) diet over 48 h to a control mixed diet on sleep indices in healthy, non-obese men...

..Iodine test and glucose oxidase-peroxidase reagent strips were used, in the field, for identification of starch and glucose, respectively...

..To determine the efficacy of reagent strip for bedside diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP)...

Qualitative urinalysis using Multistix reagent strips for the detection of urinary pH, protein, glucose, bilirubin, blood, ketone, urobilinogen and creatinine can be carried out with a few drops of mouse urine...

..Monitoring of urine pH, often done in the patient s home, is essential for proper clinical treatment and management of conditions such as urolithiasis...

..To compare the results of urine and plasma ketone dip test in a group of diabetic cats with possible ketosis or ketoacidosis, using laboratory plasma beta-hydroxybutyrate measurements as the gold standard...

..Our aim was to update available data concerning the prevalence and cost of diabetes in metropolitan France...

Although reagent strips are commonly used, their reliability to estimate blood glucose concentration and guide administration of dextrose solutions in the emergency department environment has not been proved...

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..Histological progression of alcoholic liver disease, clinical and biochemical indices of liver disease, and quality of life assessment will also be examined. ..

..Current point-of-release test methods rely on pH or glucose reagent strips, which have been shown to be inaccurate and insensitive...

..Current point-of-release test methods rely on pH or glucose reagent strips, which have been shown to be inaccurate and insensitive...

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..This research will help identify factors that might improve the efficacy of social norms interventions. ..

..This research adapts and extends tried-and-tested drunk driving prevention strategies to the population of underage drinking drivers. ..

..This research will help identify factors that might improve the efficacy of social norms interventions. ..

..Results from this study will increase the safety of using gastric tubes in young children. ..

..Evaluation of such strategies will improve BP control in hemodialysis patients and, in the long-term, provide cardiovascular protection. ..

..This research will help identify factors that might improve the efficacy of social norms interventions. ..

..A matched pair logistic regression will be performed to obtain an adjusted estimate of the impact of familiality and vaginal delivery in UT and POP, taking into account other risk factors. ..

..It is our hope to make the nation's pediatric clinicians the next soldiers in the war against tobacco use. ..

..Participants will be re-sampled as they return from Mexican bars, at which time their actual BAC levels will be measured. ..

..This research not only has practical implications by validating the GA test, but also theoretical implications regarding the role of BAC feedback in general. ..

..Novelty and Health Relatedness of the Project: This proposal will provide translational data on the role of intravenous iron to progression of kidney disease in patients with CKD. ..

..We hypothesize that that volume control can improve BP and antihypertensive therapy can regress left ventricular hypertrophy in long-term hemodialysis patients. ..