Investigating the incremental value of urine sediment reporting in emergency medicine with a Sysmex UN urinalysis system

Abstract

Urinalysis is widely used and is also frequently requested in emergency situations for screening hypovolemia, urinary tract infections, diabetes, ketoacidosis and hematuria. Our aim was to evaluate the impact of reporting urinary sediment in emergency department specimens with the Sysmex UN system.

Keywords

• urinalysis
• urinary sediment analysis
• emergency medicine
• clinical laboratory techniques