necessitating microscopic examination of the urine if a dipstick test is heme-positive, followed by other tests to confirm hematuria and, potentially, to determine its cause. 11,12 Commonly used ...

Urine is usually yellow due to the naturally occurring pigment urobilin, formed as a result of heme breakdown ... practice and consists of both dipstick analysis for chemical components and ...

Second, the urine dipstick test uses chemical reagents to measure specific gravity, pH, heme, leukocyte esterase, nitrite, albumin, and glucose. Elevated albumin levels may indicate proteinuria ...