Aim : To determine the accuracy of urinalysis in the detection of urinary tract infection (UTI) in symptomatic patients at primary care level. Methods : A cross sectional study was undertaken on 100 patients with symptoms of UTI presenting at the Primary Care Clinic of University Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during the months of August to November 1999. Their urine samples were...

A 3-year-old girl was presented with periorbital edema, hypertension, proteinuria, and hematuria. She recovered clinically after 9 days with normal urinalysis. During the follow-up, she developed recurrent episodes of nephrotic syndrome. The kidney biopsy revealed mild mesangial proliferation and a low dose of prednisolone could effectively control the disease.Iran J Med Sci 2005; 30(1): 38-40....

M e t h o d s Design: Cohort study. Setting: A health maintenance organization in northern California, United States. Patients: 320 252 adults who were ≥ 18 years of age (mean age 38 y, 54% women); participated in screening health checkups between 1964 and 1985; and had ≥ 1 concurrent measurement of height, weight, blood pressure, serum creatinine level, and dipstick urinalysis. Exclusion crite...

Urinary sediment is used to evaluate patients with possible urinary tract diseases. Currently, numerous protocols are applied to detect dysmorphic red blood cells (RBCs) and renal tubular epithelial cells (RTECs) in urinary sediment. However, distinct protocols are used by nephrologists and medical technologists for specimen concentration and observation, which leads to major discrepancies in t...

BACKGROUND Urinalysis is a poorly reviewed diagnostic tool in malaria patients; its application can show the presence of severe malaria. METHODS Urinalysis was performed in a total of 620 patients diagnosed with malaria by thick blood smear; complications were classified according to WHO major criteria for severity and minor criteria according to the Colombian malaria guideline. RESULTS Sev...

Recent studies have resulted in major changes in the management of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in children. The present statement focuses on the diagnosis and management of infants and children >2 months of age with an acute UTI and no known underlying urinary tract pathology or risk factors for a neurogenic bladder. UTI should be ruled out in preverbal children with unexplained fever and i...