Diagnostic performance of a point-of-care saliva urea nitrogen dipstick to screen for kidney disease in low-resource settings where serum creatinine is unavailable.

Rhys D R EvansUlla HemmilaHenry MzinganjiraMwayi MtekatekaEnos BandaNaomi SibaleZuze KawaleChimota PhiriGavin DreyerViviane Calice-SilvaJochen G RaimannNathan LevinRoberto Pecoits-FilhoRavi MehtaEtienne Macedo

Published in: BMJ global health (2021)

SUN, measured by dipstick, is feasible and may be used to screen for kidney disease in low resource settings where creatinine tests are unavailable.

Keyphrases

high throughput
uric acid
loop mediated isothermal amplification
metabolic syndrome
sensitive detection