Clinical laboratory automated urinalysis: Comparison among automated microscopy, flow cytometry, two test strips analyzers, and manual microscopic examination of the urine sediments

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 262-270

  Mayo, S ^a   Acevedo, D ^a   Quinones Torrelo C ^a   Canos I ^a   Sancho, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automated dipstick readers; Procedure agreement; Routine manual diagnosis; Urine analyzers

Indexed keywords

NITRITE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRYSTAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; MANUAL MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MCNEMAR TEST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TWO TEST STRIP ANALYZER; URINALYSIS; URINE SEDIMENT; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

AUTOANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; REAGENT STRIPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINALYSIS; URINE;

EID: 48249157331     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20257     Document Type: Article

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