OXALATE, 24 HOUR URINE
- Code
- 900.5450
- Name
- OXALATE, 24 HOUR URINE
- Category
- None
- Department
- Send-Out
- Start Date
- Expiration Date
- Synonyms
- CPT Codes
- 83945
- Site
- SBMF
- Reference Test
- 44045
Specimen Information
- Type
Urine, 24 Hour (No preservative)
- Volume
4.0 mL aliquot from well-mixed 24-hour collection
- Transport Info
Refrigerated
- Fasting Required?
- False
- Patient Instructions
Since vitamin C (ascorbic acid) quickly degrades to oxalate in nonacidified urine, patients should consider refraining from vitamin C supplements during and for 48 hours prior to urine collection for oxalate.
To begin collection of timed specimen, have patient urinate, noting date and exact time
Discard this first portion of urine, but document date and time of voiding on container label and test requisition as "start" of timed specimen
Save all urine voided during designated time period, including portion voided at exact end of time period
IMPORTANT: Refrigerate entire specimen (2-8°C) during and after collection to prevent bacterial growth
Document date and time of final voiding on label and requisition as "end" of timed specimen- Reference Range
See report
- Methodology
Spectrophotometry
Clinical Significance
Formation of the sparingly soluble calcium oxalate salt in the urinary tract is a major factor in urolithiasis. Oxalate in urine may arise either as an end-product of intermediary metabolism or from dietary sources. A decreased excretion of oxalate in the urine is associated with hyperglycinemia and hyperglycinuria. An increased excretion of oxalate can be attributed to increases in ingestion of oxalate precursors or oxalate-rich foods, formation of oxalate due to metabolic defects such as in primary hyperoxaluria, and oxalate absorption in a number of gastrointestinal disorders of severe fat malabsorption. This latter group includes patients with bowel disease, ileal resection, biliary diversion, pancreatic insufficiency, sprue, small intestinal stasis with bacterial overgrowth, and following jejunoileal bypass or bowel resection for the treatment of obesity. Since vitamin C (ascorbic acid) quickly degrades to oxalate in non-acidified urine, patients should consider refraining from vitamin C supplements 48 hours prior to and during urine collection for oxalate.