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EB Medicine
JANUARY 2, 2019
Jeff: It’s worth noting, however, that a 2016 systematic review found no reliable evidence supporting routine screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria, so send a urinalysis and culture only if there is suspicion for a UTI. Both are specific tests, however one study found US to visualize the appendix only 7% of the time in pregnant patients.
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