appearance of urine

Reference interval

• clear

Clinical significance

• turbid: phosphate, urate, RBC, WBC
• foam: protein (white), bilirubin (yellow)
• white: chile, phosphate, pus, elephantiasis
• yellow: urochrome
• blue green: methylene blue, Pseudomonas
• orange-red: bile, beets, pyridium, rifampin
• red-brown: hemoglobin, myoglobin, levodopa
• yellow which turn red: PAS

More general terms

• appearance of body fluid
• urine chemistry test

Additional terms

• urine

Component of

• urinalysis (UA)