TY - JOUR T1 - Review: point of care dipstick urinalysis has low accuracy for detecting proteinuria in pregnancy JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 25 LP - 25 DO - 10.1136/ebm.10.1.25 VL - 10 IS - 1 A2 - , Y1 - 2005/02/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/10/1/25.abstract N2 - Waugh JJ, Clark TJ, Divakaran TG, et al. Accuracy of urinalysis dipstick techniques in predicting significant proteinuria in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol 2004;103:769–77.OpenUrlPubMedWeb of Science 
 
 Q In pregnant women, is urinalysis at the point of care accurate for detecting proteinuria? Clinical impact ratings FP/GP/Obstetrics ★★★★★★☆ Obstetrics ★★★★★☆☆ Data sources: Medline and EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (1970 to Feb 2002); Cochrane Library; hand searches of British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology; reference lists; and contact with experts and manufacturers of urinalysis equipment. Study selection and assessment: cross-sectional studies that compared a point of care test with a laboratory assay for urine protein in pregnant women. Studies were rated for quality by using a published hierarchy of evidence (level 1  =  highest quality). Outcomes: diagnostic accuracy (summary likelihood ratios). 7 studies (1841 pregnant women) met the … ER -