Diagnostic accuracy of urine dipstick for proteinuria in older outpatients

• Main Authors: Dongmin Lim (Author), Dong-Young Lee (Author), Soung Ha Cho (Author), One Zoong Kim (Author), Sang Woo Cho (Author), Su Kyoung An (Author), Hwe Won Kim (Author), Kyoung Hyoub Moon (Author), Myung Hee Lee (Author), Beom Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The urine dipstick is widely used as an initial screening tool for the evaluation of proteinuria; however, its diagnostic accuracy has not yet been sufficiently evaluated. Therefore, we evaluated its diagnostic accuracy using spot urine albumin/creatinine ratio (ACR) and total protein/cr...