Reliable laboratory urinalysis results using a new standardised urine collection device

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 13-14, 2013, Pages 1252-1256

  Roelofs Thijssen, Myriam A M A ^a   Schreuder, Michiel F ^a   Hogeveen, Marije ^a   van Herwaarden, Antonius E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Quantitative; Urinalysis; Urine biochemistry; Urine collection; Urine stick

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; NITRITE; URATE OXIDASE; UREASE; UROBILINOGEN; GLUCOSE; KETONE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CHLORIDE URINE LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; EXTERNAL URINE COLLECTION DEVICE; GAUZE COMPRESS; GLUCOSE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KETONURIA; LEUKOCYTE; MAGNESIUM URINE LEVEL; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PEESPOT; PHOSPHATE URINE LEVEL; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINE OSMOLALITY; URINE PH; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URINE;

BILIRUBIN; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; KETONES; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; NITRITES; PROTEINS; URINALYSIS; URINE SPECIMEN COLLECTION; UROBILINOGEN;

EID: 84882843428     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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