Evaluation of dipstick analysis among elderly residents to detect bacteriuria: a cross-sectional study in 32 nursing homes

BACKGROUND: Few studies have evaluated dipstick urinalysis for elderly and practically none present confidence intervals. Furthermore, most previous studies combine all bacteria species in a "positive culture". Thus, their evaluation may be inappropriate due to Yule-Simpson's paradox....

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Autores principales: Sundvall, Pär-Daniel, Gunnarsson, Ronny K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2724370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19635163
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-9-32

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2724370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19635163
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-9-32

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