Diagnostic Performance of a Saliva Urea Nitrogen Dipstick to Detect Kidney Disease in Malawi

Diagnostic Performance of a Saliva Urea Nitrogen Dipstick to Detect Kidney Disease in Malawi

Kidney disease (KD), including acute kidney injury, is common, severe and leads to significant mortality in the developing world. However, simple tools to facilitate diagnosis and guide treatment are lacking. We studied the diagnostic performance of saliva urea nitrogen (SUN) measured by dipstick to...

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Main Authors: Rhys Evans, Viviane Calice-Silva, Jochen G. Raimann, Ulla Hemmila, Alison Craik, Mwayi Mtekateka, Fergus Hamilton, Zuze Kawale, Hamish Dobbie, Gavin Dreyer, Nathan Levin, Peter Kotanko, Roberto Pecoits-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Kidney International Reports
Subjects:
acute kidney injury
chronic kidney disease
hemodialysis
sepsis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024916301930

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