Point-of-care urine dipstick demonstrated higher sensitivity (90.2%) and specificity (92.6%) than laboratory urinalysis for diagnosing urinary tract infection (UTI) in febrile infants aged 2-6 months.

August 4, 2011 — An inexpensive urine dipstick test can help screen for asymptomatic kidney disease, according to the results of a community-based, prospective cohort study reported online July 29 in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Automated leukocyte and bacterial counts performed well in the diagnosis of urinary tract infection in pediatric ...

DETROIT – Henry Ford Hospital researchers have found that the presence of excess protein in a common urine test is an effective prognostic marker of acute renal failure in patients with severe sepsis.

The Dip.io kit works in tandem with existing smartphone cameras and a dedicated app. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Class II approval to a first-of-its-kind, home-based urinalysis ...

A negative urinalysis for microscopic hematuria is reported in up to 18% of cases of urolithiasis. Argyropoulos and colleagues have carried out a single-center, retrospective study to investigate ...

A new low-cost, portable device that uses a black box and smartphone camera to help patients get accurate urine test results at home is on the horizon, thanks to engineers from the Electrical ...

Scientists have developed a urine diagnostic to detect the parasitic worms that cause river blindness, also called onchocerciasis, a tropical disease that afflicts 18 to 120 million people worldwide.

Scientists at Scripps Research have developed a urine diagnostic to detect the parasitic worms that cause river blindness, also called onchocerciasis, a tropical disease that afflicts 18 to 120 ...