for Health Care Providers

Dipstick Interpretation in Setting of Abnormal eGFR

Protein	Blood	Consider
Negative	Negative	False negative Microalbuminuria (see below), multiple myeloma and other paraproteinemias, prerenal causes, postrenal causes, ischemic nephropathy
Positive	Negative	False positive Benign or orthostatic proteinuria, hypertension, nephrosclerosis, diabetes, tubulointerstitial diseases, polycystic kidney disease (PCKD), nephrotic syndrome, glomerulonephritis (GN)
Positive	Positive	UTI, pyelonephritis, rapidly progressive GN, other GN, HIV-associated vasculitis, pulmonary-kidney syndrome, hemolytic-uremic syndrome, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, malignant hypertension, nephrotic syndrome, nephrolithiasis with obstruction, atypical diabetes, PCKD

From Renal Disease
Primary Care of Veterans with HIV
Office of Clinical Public Health Programs
Veterans Health Administration, 2009