Hematuria is a risk factor towards end-stage renal disease - A propensity score analysis

Shima, Tomoko

doi:10.15761/nrd.1000120

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“…It is noteworthy to mention that gross hematuria is more frequent at the early stages of the disease, while microhematuria is associated with worse renal outcomes and a higher incidence of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). All of this suggests that detecting microscopic hematuria is critical to predicting and recognizing patients at high risk of developing CKD, which enables healthcare professionals to take proactive measures to stop initial stages of CKD from progressing to ESRD [15,16]. In the following section, we will discuss different methods used to asses hematuria.…”

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Electrical detection of blood cells in urine

Nasir

Raji

Mustafa

et al. 2020

Heliyon

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Available methods for detecting blood in the urine (hematuria) can be problematic since results can be influenced by many factors in patients and in the lab settings, resulting in false positive or false negative results. This necessitates the development of new, accurate and easy-access methods that save time and effort. This study demonstrates a label-free and accurate method for detecting the presence of red and white blood cells (RBCs and WBCs) in urine by measuring the changes in the dielectric properties of urine upon increasing concentrations of both cell types. The current method could detect changes in the electrical properties of fresh urine over a short time interval, making this method suitable for detecting changes that cannot be recognized by conventional methods. Correcting for these changes enabled the detection of a minimum cell concentration of 10 2 RBCs per ml which is not possible by conventional methods used in the labs except for the semi-quantitative method that can detect 50 RBCs per ml, but it is a lengthy and involved procedure, not suitable for high volume labs. This ability to detect very small amount of both types of cells makes the proposed technique an attractive tool for detecting hematuria, the presence of which is indicative of problems in the excretory system.

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confidence: 99%