[The role of colorimetry strips in routine urine analysis in ambulatory practice].
Study of 1249 routine urinalyses showed that proteinuria-, leukocyturia- and hematuria-detecting dipsticks are fully reliable. Dipsticks therefore render superfluous microscopic examination of normal samples, which represents more than half of the analyses performed in ambulatory care.
D000553:Ambulatory Care; D003124:Colorimetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006417:Hematuria / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents / Q000592:standards*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000032:analysis; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000175:diagnosis; D011934:Reagent Strips / Q000592:standards*; D014556:Urine / Q000032:analysis*
D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D011934:Reagent Strips
Intérêt des bandelettes colorimétriques pour l'examen urinaire de routine en pratique ambulatoire.