Best Evidence Topics

Urine dipstick as rule out of urinary caculi

Report By: Kerstin Hogg - Specialist Registrar
Institution: Hope Hospital, Salford
Date Submitted: 16th September 2004
Last Modified: 16th September 2004
Status: Red (incomplete)

Three Part Question

In [patients with suspected renal colic] does [a negative urine dipstick] exclude [urinary calculi]?