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Is urinary density an adequate predictor of urinary osmolality?
BACKGROUND: Urinary density (UD) has been routinely used for decades as a surrogate marker for urine osmolality (U(osm)). We asked if UD can accurately estimate U(osm) both in healthy subjects and in different clinical scenarios of kidney disease. METHODS: UD was assessed by refractometry. U(osm) wa...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4404565/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25884505 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-015-0038-0 |