RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 How to use… urine dipsticks
JF Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
JO Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 148
OP 154
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309083
VO 102
IS 3
A1 Cyriac, J
A1 Holden, Katy
A1 Tullus, Kjell
YR 2017
UL http://ep.bmj.com/content/102/3/148.abstract
AB ‘Urine dipstick’, the commonly used point-of-care test, is an extremely sensitive investigation. Results of this test affected by numerous factors, if not meticulously linked with detailed history and examination, can lead a well-meaning clinician down the wrong clinical pathway. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of this every day test, touching on the physiological and technological basis initially, but mainly focusing on common questions like when to request the dipstick test, the correlation of dipstick results with urine specimen collected by different method and complexities of interpretation of dipstick results in everyday clinical scenarios.