Second, the urine dipstick test uses chemical reagents to measure specific gravity, pH, heme, leukocyte esterase, nitrite, ...

It continues to be an important test in modern medicine ... Dipstick analysis detects the following: urine-specific gravity (USG), pH, leukocyte esterase, nitrites, protein, glucose, ketones ...

The most common assessment used is urine specific gravity. However, this test presents inherent challenges regarding specimen collection and analysis. Saliva osmolarity is a new assessment that could ...