INTRODUCTION TO URINALYSIS Flashcards
Wrote the book of “uroscopy”
Hippocrates
Discovered albuminuria by boiling urine
Frederik Dekker
Published a book about “Pisse Prophets”
Thomas Bryant
Addis Count
Thomas Addis
Introduced the concept of urinalysis as part of a doctor’s routine patient examination
Richard Bright
Urochrome - the pigment that causes yellow color or urine
Thudichum
Reasons for performing urinalysis (CLSI): (4)
- Diagnosis of disease
- Screening asymptomatic populations for undetected disorder
- Monitoring the progress of disease
- Monitoring the effectiveness of therapy
Primary organic component. Product of protein and amino acid metabolism
Urea
Product of creatine metabolism by muscles
Creatinine
Product of nucleic acid breakdown in food and cells
Uric acid
Primary Inorganic component. round in combination with sodium and many other inorganic substances
Chloride
Primarily from salt, varies by intake
Sodium
Combined with chloride and other salts
Potassium
Combines with sodium to buffer the blood
Phosphates
Regulates blood and tissue acidity
Ammonium
Combines with chloride, sulfate, and phosphate
Calcium
A normal urine constituent
Nitrate
The single most useful substance that identifies a fluid as urine
uniquely high creatinine concentration (approximately 50 times that of plasma)
Factors that influence urine volume include: (4)
- Fluid intake
- Fluid loss from non-renal sources
- variations in the secretion of ADH
- need to excrete increased amounts dissolved solids such as glucose or salts
DM or DI:
- Due to defect in the pancreatic production of insulin
- Increase Urine Specific gravity
- Increase urine Glucose (glucosuria)
Diabetes mellitus
DM or DI:
- Due to decrease production or function of ADH
- Decreased Urine Specific gravity
Diabetes insipidus
Urine specimens should be delivered to the laboratory promptly and tested within 1 hour. Never discard a specimen before checking with a supervisor.
A. First statement is true, second statement is true.
B. First statement is false, second statement is true.
C. First statement is true, second statement is false.
D. First statement is false, second statement is false.
B. First statement is false, second statement is true.
- Within 2 hours
Characteristics of urine specimen container: (4)
- Clean, Dry, Leak-proof
- With Screw top lids - they are less likely to leak than snap-on lids
- Wide mouth, and wide flat bottom
- Made of sterile material
- Recommended container capacity
- Required specimen volume for microscopic analysis
- 50 mL
- 15 mL
This must accompany specimens delivered to the laboratory
Requisition form
When to reject specimen? (6)
- Specimen in unlabeled containers
- Non matching labels and requisition forms
- Specimens contaminated with feces or toilet papers
- Containers with contaminated exteriors
- Specimens of insufficient quantity
- Specimens that have improperly transported
Collect urine after 2 hours of meal. Measures the amount of glucose and correlated with the renal threshold.
2 hour post prandial
For quantitative measurement of analytes that shows
diurnal variation. Urine specimen for clearance test. Urine specimen evaluation of fistulas
Timed specimen
This specimen is collected under sterile conditions by passing a hollow tube through the urethra into the bladder
Catheterized specimen
Ideal for screening microalbuminuria (brunzel). For determination of urine albumin, creatinine, and the albumin-to creatinine ratio.
12 hours urine specimen
Preferred for urobilinogen measurements
Afternoon urine (20m to 40m)
Easy to collect and convenient. For Routine screening.
Random specimen