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Sep 2021
1h 21m

Urinalysis - What is in your wee?

Dr Mike Todorovic
About this episode
In this episode, Dr Matt & Dr Mike explore what information can be gathered from your wee! They review colour, smell, taste(?!), specific gravity, pH, glucose, ketones, red blood cells, proteins, nitrites, white blood cells, and bilirubin/urobilinogen.

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