# Addis count

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Urine test

Medical diagnostic method

Addis count Test of Urine

The **Addis count** is a [urine test](/source/Urine_test) measuring [urinary casts](/source/Urinary_casts) over time.[1]

It is named for [Thomas Addis](/source/Thomas_Addis).[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-pmid5803651_1-0)** Meadow SR (August 1969). ["The Addis count--is it worth while?"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2020131). *Archives of Disease in Childhood*. **44** (236): 543–4. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1136/adc.44.236.543-c](https://doi.org/10.1136%2Fadc.44.236.543-c). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [2020131](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2020131). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [5803651](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5803651).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *[synd/509](http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/509.html)* at [Whonamedit?](/source/Whonamedit%3F)

v t e Signs and symptoms relating to the urinary system Pain Dysuria Renal colic Costovertebral angle tenderness Vesical tenesmus Control Urinary incontinence Enuresis Diurnal enuresis Giggling Nocturnal enuresis Post-void dribbling Stress Urge Overflow Urinary retention Volume Oliguria Anuria Polyuria Other Lower urinary tract symptoms Nocturia urgency frequency Extravasation of urine Uremia Eponymous Addis count Brewer infarcts Lloyd's sign Mathe's sign

v t e Components and results of urine tests Components Albumin Myoglobin hCG Leukocyte esterase Urine pregnancy test Ketone bodies Glucose Urobilinogen Bilirubin Creatinine RBC WBC Urinary casts Chemical properties Urinalysis Urine specific gravity Isosthenuria Urine osmolality Hypersthenuria Urine pH Urine anion gap Urine electrolyte levels Abnormal findings Red blood cells Hematuria (Microscopic hematuria) White blood cells Eosinophiluria Proteinuria Albuminuria/Microalbuminuria Albumin/creatinine ratio Urine protein/creatinine ratio Myoglobinuria Hemoglobinuria Bence Jones protein Small molecules Glycosuria Ketonuria Bilirubinuria Hyperuricosuria Aminoaciduria Other Bacteriuria Chyluria Crystalluria

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