Routine urinalysis of patients in hospital in Lebanon: How worthwhile is it?

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 181-186

  Pashayan, N ^a   Khogali, M ^a   Major, S C ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINALYSIS;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINALYSIS; UROLOGIC DISEASES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 12244268631     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jms.9.4.181     Document Type: Article

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