Routine urinalysis for early clinical assessment in patients with vegetation-like echocardiographic findings
Kilyoon Pack, Kyung Eun Ha, Taeil Yang, Wook-Jin Chung, Mi-Seung Shin, Jeonggeun Moon · 2026
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Description
Kilyoon Pack and five colleagues test whether a cheap urine dipstick can help sort heart infection suspects early. A heart ultrasound sometimes shows vegetation-like growths that may signal infective endocarditis, a dangerous valve infection, triggering long workups even when suspicion is low. Because the infection often stirs kidney involvement, their 2026 study reviewed 459 patients with such findings at one large hospital over fourteen years, comparing urine results in confirmed and ruled-out cases.
Blood, protein, and white cells in urine each appeared more often in true infections and stayed independently linked after adjustments. A simple score awarding one point per finding separated the groups fairly well. A score of zero caught most true cases while clearing two thirds of the rest. The authors present a clean urine result as supportive reassurance for early assessment, never as a rule-out test.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kilyoon Pack, Kyung Eun Ha, Taeil Yang, Wook-Jin Chung, Mi-Seung Shin, Jeonggeun Moon |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |