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Last updated: 11/24/2009
BOOKS
Chernecky, Cynthia C, and Barbara J. Berger. Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders Company, 2001.
Henry, J.B. Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory...
Methods, 20th ed. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Company, 2001.
Kee, Joyce LeFever. Handbook of Laboratory and DiagnosticTests, 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001.
Wallach, Jacques. Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests, 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkens, 2000.
ORGANIZATIONS
American Association of Kidney Patients. 100 S. Ashley Drive, Suite 280, Tampa, FL 33260. (800) 749-2257.
American Kidney Fund. 6110 Executive Blvd., Suite 1010, Rockville, MD 20852. (301) 881-3052.
American Medical Technologists. 710 Higgins Road, Park Ridge, IL 60068-5765. (847) 823-5169.
American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP). 2100 West Harrison Street, Chicago, Il 60612-3798. (312) 738-1336.
National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse. 3 Information Way, Bethesda, MD 20892-3580.
OTHER
National Institutes of Health.
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A urinalysis (or "UA") is an array of tests performed on urine and one of the most common methods of medical diagnosis. A part of a urinalysis can be performed by using urine dipsticks, in which the test results can be read as color changes.
Other Information
In 2000, the estimated number of hospital admissions among adults aged 18 or older with urinary incontinence listed as a diagnosis was of 47,802 hospital stays (1,332 men; 46,470 women).
From: NKUDIC
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