Urine dipstick for screening plasma glucose and bilirubin in low resource settings: a proof-of-concept study

Pighi Laura; Negrini Davide; Henry Brandon M.; Salvagno Gian Luca; Lippi Giuseppe

doi:10.1515/almed-2023-0114

Advances in Laboratory Medicine (Oct 2023)

Urine dipstick for screening plasma glucose and bilirubin in low resource settings: a proof-of-concept study

Pighi Laura,
Negrini Davide,
Henry Brandon M.,
Salvagno Gian Luca,
Lippi Giuseppe

Affiliations

Pighi Laura: Section of Clinical Biochemistry and School of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Negrini Davide: Section of Clinical Biochemistry and School of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Henry Brandon M.: Clinical Laboratory, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Salvagno Gian Luca: Section of Clinical Biochemistry and School of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Lippi Giuseppe: Section of Clinical Biochemistry and School of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/almed-2023-0114
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 4
pp. 431 – 434

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The purpose of this proof-of-concept study was to investigate whether a commercially available urine dipstick may provide potentially useful information for screening plasma glucose and bilirubin in human plasma samples.

Published in Advances in Laboratory Medicine

ISSN: 2628-491X (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Germany
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical technology
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/almed/html

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