Oxalic Acid, Adult, Urine w/ Creatinine:
Fasting Required: No
Lab: Quest Diagnostics
Specimen:Urine
Results: Average processing time 5-7 days
Note: Result turnaround times are an estimate and are not guaranteed. Our reference lab may need additional time due to weather, holidays, confirmation/repeat testing, or equipment maintenance.
Special Instructions: Patient should refrain from taking excessive amounts of ascorbic acid or oxalate-rich foods (i.e. spinach, coffee, tea, chocolate, rhubarb) for at least 48 hours prior to the collection period.
Description: Excessive oxalates in the urine may lead to oxalate kidney stones. Hyperoxaluria may be due to a rare inherited metabolic disorder in which the body produces excess of the salt oxalate leading to stone formation.
Includes: Oxalate/Creatinine; Creatinine Random
Lab: Quest Diagnostics
Specimen:Urine
Results: Average processing time 5-7 days
Note: Result turnaround times are an estimate and are not guaranteed. Our reference lab may need additional time due to weather, holidays, confirmation/repeat testing, or equipment maintenance.
Special Instructions: Patient should refrain from taking excessive amounts of ascorbic acid or oxalate-rich foods (i.e. spinach, coffee, tea, chocolate, rhubarb) for at least 48 hours prior to the collection period.
Description: Excessive oxalates in the urine may lead to oxalate kidney stones. Hyperoxaluria may be due to a rare inherited metabolic disorder in which the body produces excess of the salt oxalate leading to stone formation.
Includes: Oxalate/Creatinine; Creatinine Random