Urine appearance — lab reference
Color and clarity are nonspecific; review medications, hydration, and sediment.
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Hydration and concentrating ability affect result.
Urine pH — lab reference
Diet, infection, medications, and specimen age affect result.
Protein, dipstick — lab reference
Dipstick is albumin-biased. Ask your clinician to confirm persistent findings with quantitative ratio.
Glucose, urine — lab reference
Renal threshold, SGLT2 inhibitors, pregnancy, and hyperglycemia matter.
Ketones, urine — lab reference
Fasting, ketogenic diet, vomiting, and diabetes context matter.
Blood/hemoglobin, urine — lab reference
Ask your clinician to confirm with microscopy; exercise, menstruation, myoglobin, and hemolysis may interfere.
Leukocyte esterase — lab reference
Ask your clinician to read this result with microscopy, symptoms, nitrite, and culture.
Nitrite — lab reference
A negative result does not exclude UTI.
RBC, microscopy — lab reference
Persistent microscopic hematuria requires risk-based evaluation.
WBC, microscopy — lab reference
Ask your clinician to read this result with symptoms, culture, contamination, and other sediment findings.
Hyaline casts — lab reference
Small numbers may be nonspecific; other cast types require context.
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