Urinalysis: A wealth of information in just a few drops
Easily available and affordable: A urine test can provide useful information about a variety of diseases and conditions.
Some experts even call what we excrete every day “liquid gold.” Find out what makes urinalysis so insightful, how the test works, what significance it has, and what role digitization is playing in the evaluation of these samples.
Routine medical evaluation such as standard annual screening and preoperative assessment, or screening for kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, and liver disease, among others |
Assessing specific symptoms like abdominal pain, painful urination, fever, blood in the urine, and other urinary symptoms |
Diagnosing medical conditions such as urinary tract infection, kidney stones, diabetes, and kidney inflammation |
Monitoring disease progression: for example, diabetes-related kidney disease, blood-pressure related kidney disease, and kidney infection |
Evaluating the response to therapy and pregnancy testing |
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How to evaluate a urine sample
Urine is more than just a natural waste product. It’s a wealth of information for a clinician.
Will Hutt, Head of Primary Care, Decentralized Urinalysis & Acute Rapids at Siemens Healthineers
The components of urine
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[1] https://www.nursingtimes.net/clinical-archive/continence/urinalysis-how-to-interpret-results-07-06-2016/
[2] https://www.hopkinslupus.org/lupus-tests/screening-laboratory-tests/urinalysis/#:~:text=Leukocyte%20Esterase%3A%20Leukocyte%20esterase%20is,tract%20due%20to%20bacterial%20infection