Urinalysis: Interpretation and Clinical Correlations

Kanza Haq; Dipal M Patel

doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2023.03.002

Urinalysis: Interpretation and Clinical Correlations

Med Clin North Am. 2023 Jul;107(4):659-679. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2023.03.002. Epub 2023 Apr 7.

Authors

Kanza Haq¹, Dipal M Patel²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1830 East Monument Street, Suite 416, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1830 East Monument Street, Suite 416, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. Electronic address: dpatel85@jhmi.edu.

PMID: 37258005
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2023.03.002

Abstract

Urinalysis is a widely used diagnostic tool to assist clinicians in determining the etiology of various acute or chronic pathologies. Primary care, general internal medicine, and family medicine clinicians should be adept at identifying indications for urinalyses, in addition to appropriately interpreting their results. In this article, we provide an overview of urinalysis for non-nephrologists.

Keywords: Crystalluria; Glucosuria; Hematuria; Ketonuria; Nephrolithiasis; Proteinuria; Urinalysis.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Hematuria* / diagnosis
Hematuria* / etiology
Humans
Proteinuria / diagnosis
Urinalysis*