Urine microscopy is a time-honored, readily available and commonly used noninvasive test to aid clinicians in discriminating between different forms of acute kidney injury. However, the diagnostic ...

Vaginal contamination can produce false positives. In one study comparing urine dipstick to microscopy performed by a nephrologist in the detection of white blood cells (WBCs) in urine ...

Per protocol at the institution, the laboratory performed microscopic analysis of urine (formal urinalysis) only if the dipstick examination was positive for nitrite, blood, leukocyte esterase ...

Researchers have developed a new technique that can detect the presence of micro- and nanoplastics in clear body fluids. They ...

The Institute of Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis is currently conducting ... Our method for detecting micro- and nanoplastics can be applied to clear body fluids such as urine, tear fluid or ...

Investigations. Physical examination, assessment of erythrocyte sedimentation rate, white blood cell count, renal function panel, urine microscopic analysis, urine cultures, transillumination ...