RBC, microscopy — lab reference
In the reference guidePersistent microscopic hematuria requires risk-based evaluation.
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Altitude, smoking, hydration, androgen therapy, and pregnancy may shift values.
No universal interval across methods. Record exact performing-lab method and range.
Method-specific. Any clinic target should identify the exact assay.
Ask your clinician to read this result with symptoms, culture, contamination, and other sediment findings.
Hydration and altitude are major modifiers. Ask your clinician to review alongside hemoglobin and RBC indices.
Normal <5.7; prediabetes 5.7-6.4; diabetes ≥6.5. Altered RBC turnover can make A1C unreliable.
Ask your clinician to confirm with microscopy; exercise, menstruation, myoglobin, and hemolysis may interfere.
Ask your clinician to read this result with microscopy, symptoms, nitrite, and culture.
Ask your clinician to specify whole blood, RBC, plasma, or intracellular method. Preanalytic handling is critical.
RBC, plasma, and cellular assays are not interchangeable.
Your lab may use its own range. Symptoms, medicines, and the types of white blood cells also matter.
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