Very few patients with abnormal urine protein dipstick results have albuminuria measured as recommended by clinical guidelines. A real-world US study documents shortfalls in follow-up care after ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Of evaluated patients with urine dipstick testing, 13% had an abnormal T1 protein test result. The cumulative ...

Taking a page from home-pregnancy tests, scientists have designed a dipstick that can detect traces of cocaine or other drugs in a person's bodily fluids. Researchers from the University of Illinois ...

Only 1 in 15 urine dipstick tests showing proteinuria in the primary care setting are followed up with albuminuria quantification testing, according to investigators. These findings expose a broad gap ...

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 ...

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.