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==Overview==
==Overview==
Clinical diagnosis is usually made on the basis of the location and severity of the pain, which is typically [[renal colic|colic]] in nature (comes and goes in spasmodic waves).
An elevated/reduced concentration of serum/blood/urinary/CSF/other [lab test] is diagnostic of [disease name].
 
OR
 
Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of [disease name] include [abnormal test 1], [abnormal test 2], and [abnormal test 3].
 
OR
 
[Test] is usually normal among patients with [disease name].
 
OR
 
Some patients with [disease name] may have elevated/reduced concentration of [test], which is usually suggestive of [progression/complication].
 
OR
 
There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with [disease name].


==Laboratory Findings==
==Laboratory Findings==
*[[Urinalysis]]
 
**[[Proteinuria]]
*There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with [disease name].
**[[Hematuria]]
OR
**[[Pyuria]]
*An elevated/reduced concentration of serum/blood/urinary/CSF/other [lab test] is diagnostic of [disease name].
**[[Bacteriuria]]
*[Test] is usually normal among patients with [disease name].
**Cellular [[casts]] and crystals
*Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of [disease name] include:
*Culture of a urine sample to exclude urine infection (either as a [[differential diagnosis|differential]] cause of the patient's pain, or secondary to the presence of a stone)
**[Abnormal test 1]
*Blood tests:
**[Abnormal test 2]
**Raised [[White blood cell|white cell]]  count ([[Neutrophilia]]) suggestive of infection,
**[Abnormal test 3]
**[[Renal function]] and to look for abnormally high blood calcium blood levels ([[hypercalcaemia]]).
 
*24 hour urine collection to measure total daily urinary volume, [[magnesium]], [[sodium]], [[uric acid]], [[calcium]], [[citrate]], [[oxalate]] and [[phosphate]].
*Some patients with [disease name] may have elevated/reduced concentration of [test], which is usually suggestive of [progression/complication].


==References==
==References==
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Overview

An elevated/reduced concentration of serum/blood/urinary/CSF/other [lab test] is diagnostic of [disease name].

OR

Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of [disease name] include [abnormal test 1], [abnormal test 2], and [abnormal test 3].

OR

[Test] is usually normal among patients with [disease name].

OR

Some patients with [disease name] may have elevated/reduced concentration of [test], which is usually suggestive of [progression/complication].

OR

There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with [disease name].

Laboratory Findings

  • There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with [disease name].

OR

  • An elevated/reduced concentration of serum/blood/urinary/CSF/other [lab test] is diagnostic of [disease name].
  • [Test] is usually normal among patients with [disease name].
  • Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of [disease name] include:
    • [Abnormal test 1]
    • [Abnormal test 2]
    • [Abnormal test 3]
  • Some patients with [disease name] may have elevated/reduced concentration of [test], which is usually suggestive of [progression/complication].

References

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