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

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

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.

Methods

We evaluated urinalyses requested by the emergency department over a three-month period and examined red blood cell count interference, compared leukocyte esterase dipsticks to cytofluorimetric leukocyte count and nitrites to cytofluorimetric bacterial count. We then examined digital microscopy images to identify additional elements of interest or pathology.

Results

We collected 532 cases, 354 with only chemical and cytofluorimetric analysis and 178 with

SUBMITTER: Tosi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11661545 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature