title: Examining the urine--what can it tell us at the bed-side?
abstract: Urine is a window to understanding diseases of the kidney and systemic disorders. It is the easiest bodily fluid to obtain can be analysed in resource limited settings where it is of great value in enhancing diagnostic and therapeutic pathways. Asking questions about urine and urination in each clinical history and routinely analysing the urine at the bed-side are that all health professionals should have and, equally importantly, should use.
authors: Dept of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital.
authors: Gavin
authors: G
authors: Dreyer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D014556:Urine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000652:urine*