Clin Lab 2: Lect 1-3 Flashcards
What are the three functions of the kidneys?
Excretion- selective clearance
Homeostasis- water/E+, A-/B+ balance
Endocrine- erythropoeitin, prostaglandin/thromboxanes, renin synthesis
How is glomerular filtration rate maintained?
Myogenic control related to degree of stretch on afferent arteriole
Stress induced inhibit filtration, constrict afferent
RAAS increases SBP
Tubular reabsorption begins when filtrate enters ? and involves ? two processes?
PCT
Near total reabsorption of organic nutrients
Hormonal reabsorption of water
Virtually all nutrients and lipids are reabsorbed where in the kidney?
PCT
Where is Mg reabsorbed?
Where is urea reabsorbed?
DLoH
PCT and CD
How do substances move from peri-tubular capillaries into tubular filtrate?
Active transport
What are the two functions tubular secretion completes?
Eliminates non-organics not found in blood
Acid-base regulation via secretion of H/NH4
Where does final urine concentration begin?
How is this process controlled?
Late DCT and CD
Regulated by ADH
What would be the effect if there was NO ADH in the body?
Low osmolality of ECF
Low number of aquaporins
Low water reabsorbed from CD
Large vol of diluted urine
What type of urine is excreted from a DM PT?
What type of urine is excreted from a DI PT?
Looks dilute, high osmolality
Truly dilute, low SpecGrav
When is Polyuria seen?
When is Oliguria seen?
When is Anuria seen?
DM/DI
Dehydration
Kidney damage, decreased blood flow
What five characteristics of a urine sample will change with time and why?
Color- darkens, RedOx of metabolites Odor- inc, urea->ammonia pH- inc, loss of CO2 Nitrite- inc number of nitrate reducing bacteria Bacteria- increased numbers
What are the three parts to urinalysis?
Physical exam
Chemical analysis
Microscopic exam
What gives urine the yellow color?
Urochrome
What causes urine to be dark amber/orange?
Presence of conjugated bilirubin
Photo-oxidation of urobilinogen to urobilin causes color change to yellow/orange
What causes pink/red/brown urine?
RBCs in an acidic urine x hrs= brown urine from Hgb oxidation to methemoglobin
Intact RBCs in a urine samples will give the sample a ___ appearance
What if Hbg/Mgb is present?
Hematuria- Cloudy
Specimen is red and clear
What causes urine samples to turn brown/black?
Methemoglobin: Standing-> Hbg Fe in acidic urine is oxidized to methemoglobin= brown urine
Melanin: neutral pH urine->black w/ melanin present
Define Homogentisic Acid and when is it seen
Inborn error of metabolism
Increased excretion occurs in alkaptonuria (metabolic defect) causing urine to appear brown if it’s more acidic
When/why would melanin be present in a urine sample turning it brown/black?
Metastatic malignant melanoma
What causes a urine sample to turn dark orange?
What causes urine to turn blue/green?
Pyridium from cystitis Rxs (Rifampicin)
UTI w/ Pseudomonas
Intestinal tract infection= inc urinary indican
What are the non-pathological reasons for hazy urine?
Amorphous crystals Squamous epithelial cells Seminal fluid Fecal contamination Mucus
What are the pathological reasons urine samples can be hazy?
R/WBCs
Bacteria
Renal epithelial cells
Lipids
What conditions can cause urine samples to smell more noxious/unusual?
Bacteria infection
Ketones- fruity
MSUD- syrup/burnt sugar
Foods- asparagus
Clinitests are often performed on Peds until what age and for what reason?
2y/o
Detect presence of: galactose, fructose, pentose or lactose
Glucosuria normally appears when the renal threshold of glucose exceeds what limit?
170 mg/dL
Glucosuria w/out hyperglycemia is related to ? caused by ?
Impaired tubular reabsorption
Pregnancy or heavy metal poisoning
What are the Renal-Associated reasons for a positive urine glucose result?
Fanconi Syndrome
Advanced Renal Dz
Osteomalacia
Pregnancy
Chemstrips can only test/detect what form of ketone?
Acetoacetic acid
Not acetone or hydroxybutyric acid
Acetoacetic acid is slowly and irreversibly decarboxylated into ? and excreted how?
Acetone
Skin, lungs, urine
Ketonuria can be caused by what issue?
Inability to utilize carbs (DM) forcing body to utilize FAs for fuel
What type of PTs/situations would a positive ketone result be seen?
DM Starvation High fat/protein, low carb diet Exercise Malabsorption Frequent vomiting
Explain Hemolytic Jaundice
Pre-Hepatic
Excessive RBC breakdown increasing bilirubin levels until overflow into intestines
What will bilirubin and urobilinogen levels be in a pre-hepatic issue PT urine sample?
Bilirubin- excretion rate maintained by liver
Urobilinogen- elevated in urine and blood
Explain Hepatic Jaundice
Damage/Dz to liver
Heme goes to liver but not enough blirubin is removed
Unconjugated bilirubin increases in the blood to kidney to urine
What will urobilinogen levels be in a Hepatic Jaunidce PT urine sample?
Normal or low
Define Bilirubinuria and what causes it
Increased conjugated bilirubin in urine due to hepatocellular disease/dec ability of liver to excrete all conjugated bilirubin into common bile duct
Bilirubinuria can be caused by what two issues?
Cirrhosis
Hepatitis
Explain Biliary Obstruction/Post Hepatic
Bilirubin can’t get to intestines, builds in blood and removed by kidneys
What will urobilinogen levels be in a Biliary Obstruction PT urine sample?
Little if any present
What are four reasons bilirubin wouldn’t be able to get into the intestines?
Carcinoma in liver or pancreas
Stones
Fibrosis
Where/how is urobilinogen formed?
Intestines by bacterial breakdown of conjugated bilirubin
What happens to a urobilinogen test if a urine sample is not delivered to the lab within the time frame/is not stored properly?
Urobilinogen will be rapidly oxidized into non-detectable urobilin
If urobilinogen is not/undetectable by a Chemstrip, what is the next sample needed for testing?
Stool
What are some prehepatic events that can lead to/cause increased urobilinogen in urine?
Increased Hgb breakdown
Hemolysis
Ineffective erthropoiesis
What are some hepatic events that can lead to/cause increased conjugated bilirubin in urine?
Hepatocellular disease from:
Hepatitis
Cirrhosis
What can cause a decreased to absent amount of urobilinogen in urine?
Intra / extra-hepatic obstruction
Carcinoma
Stones
Fibrosis
Define SpecGrav and what it indicates
Density of substance to reagent grade water
Indicates proportions of dissolved solids to total volume of specimen
What is the significance of a high specific gravity result?
Dehydration w/ oliguria
In DM Pts, a Solute Diuresis= urine w/ glucose and polyuria PT
What is the significance of a low specific gravity result?
Inability of tubules to concentrate
DI PT w/ polyuria and urine has low concentration
Define Isosthenuria
Consistent urine samples with SG of 1.010 which implies renal tubular damage and loss of function
What are the three most common causes of isosthenuria?
Chronic renal failure from:
Diabetic nephropathy
HTN Renal Dz
Chronic glomerulonephritis
Define Osmolality
Number of particles in a fluid sample
A more exact measurement of urine concentration than SpecGrav
What are the major clinical uses of osmolality include ?
DR FDC Dz Monitoring Response to ADH Fluid therapy DDx of Hyper/onatremia Concentration ability
Define ADH Neurogenic
Define ADH Nephrogenic
Neuro- DI from dec ADH production, concentration will occur after ADH injection
Neph- inability of tubules to respond to ADH, CD doesn’t have ADH receptors
Significance of positive blood results can mean one of what three things?
Intact RBCs
Free Hgb
Mgb
What are five causes of hematuria?
Glomerulonephritis Lower UTI Exercise Menstruation Renal calculi
What can cause hemoglobinuria?
Intravascular hemolysis
Exercise
May result from lysis of RBCs in UT, especially in dilute, alkaline urine
What causes Myoglobinuria?
How does it present?
Trauma/crush or Rhabdo
Normal appearing serum, elevated creatinine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase
Urinary pH may indicate what type of kidney issue?
Inability to secrete/absorb acid-base
What type of urine reduces/prevents calculi formation?
Alkaline
What serum protein is found in normal urine?
Albumin
Define Uromodulin
Tamm-Horsfall proteins- mucoprotein made in DCT and involved in cast formations
Chemstrips are most sensitive for detecting what protein in urine?
Albumin
Proteinuria is related to changes in what two things?
Glomerular blood flow
Enhanced glomerular permeability
What is pre-renal proteinuria associated with?
Non-renal Dzs causing increase in low weight plasma proteins (Hgb, Mgb) and acute reactants associated with infection/inflammation to pass through
PT with Multiple Myeloma will present with what changes to their urine samples?
Excess of Immunoglobulin light chains
What are causes of pre-renal proteinuria?
Multiple myeloma Renal artery stenosis HTN Fever Muscle injury
What causes renal proteinuria?
Kidney Dzs
Primary- glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome
Induced- drug/toxin, systemic dz
What are three causes of tubular proteinuria (renal proteinuria)?
Defective tubular reabsorption characterized by increased levels of low weight proteins from:
Drug/toxin
Severe infection
Fanconi’s Syndrome
What are three causes of post-renal proteinuria?
Cystitis
Urethritis
Postatitis
What types of microbes can cause a nitrate change on Chemstrips?
E Coli
Proteus Sp
What type of urine sample is preferred for testing for nitrites?
First morning- allows for bacteria accumulation and longer conversion time of nitrate to nitrite
What can cause a false-positive urine nitrite results?
Positive nitrite result w/out UTI
Improper preservation of specimen causing increased E COli
Bacteria presence in urine specimen in significant numbers cn be due to infections in what two place?
Entire urinary system
Nephron to bladder
What is the significance of positive Leukocyte Esterase in urine samples?
Pyuria- inc WBCs due to infection/inflammation in GU system
Bacteria infections in UT generating a positive urine LE will often have what other positive test indicator?
Nitrite
A positive LE urine sampled will be microscopically examined and might be able to see what three things?
Yeast
Bacteria
Trichomonas
What part of a urine sample will be altered/changed the most by prolonged exposure to light?
Bilirubin
Dark urine samples are most likely due to what part of the sample?
Bilirubin
___ are more permeable to H2O and Na than other capillaries
Glomeruli
High blood osmolality triggers what to be released in the body?
ADH
SpecGrav is an index of the kidney’s abilities to do ? function
Concentrate urine
What urine sample is most appropriate for suspected pregnancy test?
First morning