Clinically, this should be suspected when serum and urine results are inconsistent – usually a positive serum beta hCG with a negative urine test. Furthermore, values can be very irregularly low for ...

You have two options when it comes time to see if you have a baby on board. The most common is an at-home urine pregnancy test, available over the counter, though you can take a urine pregnancy test ...

Point-of-care testing (POCT) is growing in popularity as a means of delivering faster turnaround time of test results closer to the patient. This session will review the latest recommendations and ...

Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a hormone produced during pregnancy in the cells of the placenta. The presence of hCG triggers at-home pregnancy tests to turn positive. The amount of hCG in a ...