Dipstick screening for urinary tract infection before arthroplasty: A safe alternative to laboratory testing?

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-21

  Panagamuwa, Channa ^a,b   Glasby, M J ^a   Peckham, T J ^a  

^a BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Dipstick; Join replacement; Urinalysis; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 1342326417     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2004.0032.x     Document Type: Article

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