Collection under paraffin is not necessary for stability of urine pH over 24 h

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-171

  Srivastava, Tarak ^a,b   Kainer, Gad ^a  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Collection under paraffin; Stability of pH; Urine pH

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE; SYRINGE; URINALYSIS; URINE PH;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PARAFFIN; PROTONS; REFRIGERATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SYRINGES; URINE;

EID: 0842302461     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-003-1334-7     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Goldsmith DI, Novello AC (1992) Clinical and laboratory evaluation of renal function. In: Edelman CM (ed) Pediatric kidney diseases, 2nd edn. Little Brown, Boston, pp 461-473
2. Bland MJ, Altman DG (1995) Comparing methods of measurement: why plotting difference against standard method is misleading. Lancet 346:1085-1087
3. Culhane JK (1990) Delayed analysis of urine. J Fam Pract 30:473-474
4. Harsten A, Berg B, Inerot S, Muth L (1988) Importance of correct handling of samples for the results of blood gas analysis. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 32:365-368
5. Rubio M, Armengol J, Mourino N (1987) Arterial blood gas analysis. Ann Intern Med 106:474
6. Hahn CE (1987) Blood gas measurement. Clin Phys Physiol Meas 8:3-38
7. Lewis JF, Alexander JJ (1980) Overnight refrigeration of urine specimen for culture. South Med J 73:351-352