Preanalytical requirements of urinalysis

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-104

  Delanghe, Joris ^a   Speeckaert, Marijn ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Preservatives; Sample preparation; Urinalysis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; 4 DIMETHYLAMINOBENZALDEHYDE; ALBUMIN; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; CAPTOPRIL; CLAVULANIC ACID; ETODOLAC; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMIPENEM; KETONE; MEROPENEM; MYOGLOBIN; NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PHENAZOPYRIDINE; POVIDONE IODINE; PRESERVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ENZYME MECHANISM; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METABOLOMICS; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXICOLOGY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE OSMOLALITY; URINE VOLUME;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; PRESERVATIVES; SAMPLE PREPARATION; URINALYSIS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84893575949     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2014.011     Document Type: Review

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