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Chloride, urine
Test CodeCHLORIDE, URINE
Alias/See Also
Chemistry
Preferred Specimen
Random urine
Minimum Volume
2 mL
Transport Temperature
Refrigerate
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 7 days
Refrigerated (2-8°C): 7 days
Frozen (-20°C): 7 days
Refrigerated (2-8°C): 7 days
Frozen (-20°C): 7 days
Methodology
Indirect ISE
Setup Schedule
Daily
Report Available
TAT 1 day
Reference Range
Not etablished
Clinical Significance
Urine chloride excretion approximates the dietary intake. The chloride content of most foods parallel that of sodium. An increase in urine chloride may result from water deficient dehydration, diabetic acidosis, Addison's disease, and salt-losing renal disease. Decreased urine levels are seen in congestive heart failure, severe diaphoresis and in hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis due to prolonged vomiting.
Performing Laboratory
Test performed in these BACL Chemistry Labs
Contact: Jonathan Dryjowicz-Burek, West Roxbury 857-203-5973
Alternate contact: Joseph A. Manzone JP 857-364-5092
Last Updated: May 17, 2022
