Urine collection pads: Are samples reliable for urine biochemistry and microscopy?

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-179

  Macfarlane, Peter I ^a   Ellis, Robert ^a   Hughes, Christopher ^a   Houghton, Christine ^a   Lord, Robert ^a  

^a ROTHERHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Urine biochemistry; Urine collection pad; Urine microscopy

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CANNABINOID; CATECHOLAMINE; COCAINE; ELECTROLYTE; ESTERASE; GLUCOSE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; KETONE; METHADONE; NITRITE; OPIATE; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; URATE; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE URINE LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE; GLUCOSE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; PHOSPHATE URINE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; URIC ACID URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; URINE OSMOLALITY; URINE PH; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ABSORBENT PADS; ADULT; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URINALYSIS;

EID: 12944252157     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-004-1709-4     Document Type: Article

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