Protein, Total, Random Urine with Creatinine

Test Code
1715


Preferred Specimen
10 mL random urine, no preservative collected in a plastic screw-cap container


Minimum Volume
2 mL


Other Acceptable Specimens
Yellow-top, blue fill line urinalysis transport tube


Instructions
Please submit 10 mL of a well-mixed random collection


Transport Temperature
Room temperature


Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 4 days
Refrigerated: 5 days
Frozen: 30 days


Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Acidified urine


Methodology
Colorimetric (C) • Spectrophotometry (SP)

Setup Schedule
Night Sets up 6 days a week.


Reference Range
Protein, Total, Random Urine
Male5-25 mg/dL
Female5-24 mg/dL

Protein/Creatinine Ratio
Male25-148 mg/g creat
Female24-184 mg/g creat

Protein/Creatinine Ratio
Male0.025-0.148 mg/mg creat
Female0.024-0.184 mg/mg creat

Creatinine, Random Urine
≤6 Months2-28 mg/dL
7-11 Months2-31 mg/dL
1-2 Years2-110 mg/dL
3-8 Years2-130 mg/dL
9-12 Years2-160 mg/dL
>12 Years Male20-320 mg/dL
>12 Years Female20-275 mg/dL


Clinical Significance
Proteinuria is characteristic of renal disease and concentrations may be increased with diabetes, hypertension, nephritic syndrome, and drug nephrotoxicity.




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