Does the exposure of urine samples to air affect diagnostic tests for urine acidification?

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1211-1216

  Yi, Joo Hark ^a   Shin, Hyun Jong ^a   Kim, Sun Moon ^a,b   Han, Sang Woong ^a   Kim, Ho Jung ^a   Oh, Man Seok ^c  

^a Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE CERAMIDASE; BICARBONATE; BUFFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CREATININE; LIQUID PARAFFIN; OIL; PHOSPHATE; URATE; URIC ACID;

ACIDITY; ACIDOSIS; ADULT; AGED; AIR; ALKALOSIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE ACIDIFICATION; URINE PH;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; BICARBONATES; BUFFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OILS; PARAFFIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; URINALYSIS; URINE;

EID: 84864799932     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03230312     Document Type: Article

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