Urine microscopy is a time-honored, readily available and commonly used noninvasive test to aid clinicians in discriminating between different forms of acute kidney injury. However, the diagnostic ...

analysis and microscopic evaluation of a sample of urine. Dipstick analysis detects the following: urine-specific gravity (USG), pH, leukocyte esterase, nitrites, protein, glucose, ketones ...

Per protocol at the institution, the laboratory performed microscopic analysis of urine (formal urinalysis) only if the dipstick examination was positive for nitrite, blood, leukocyte esterase ...