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Microscopic Examination Flashcards

1
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Sediments in urine with these clinical significance:
1. renal disease
2. lower urinary tract disease
3. toxic reactions due to drugs
4. physiologic causses

A

RBCs

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2
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salicylates and anticoagulant therapy produces what sediments in urine

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RBCs

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3
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what are the 4 rbc morphology that can be found in urine

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  • normal
  • crenated
  • ghost
  • dysmorphic
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4
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RBCs with ___ cells/hpf is considered abnormal.

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> 3 cells/hpf

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5
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Erythrocytes are found in ___ cells/hpf in normal urine

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0-2 cells/hpf

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6
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toxic drugs such as sulfonamides, methanamine can produce what sediment in urine?

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RBCs

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7
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RBC morphology where rbc is lysed and only cell membrane is left.

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Ghost RBCs

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8
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RBC morphology that can be found in hyposthenuria (low specific gravity)

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ghost rbcs

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9
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RBC morph where rbc shrinks, found in hypersthenuria

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crenated rbcs

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10
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7 um in diameter of RBCs is considered what rbc morphology

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normal duh

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11
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dysmorphic rbcs in urine is ___ in origin

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glomerular

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12
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doughnut shaped rbc with 1 or more membrane blebs

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G1 cell

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13
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May be more specific than dysmorphic cells for
diagnosing glomerular hematuria (Dinda, 1997)

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G1 cell

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14
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what are 2/3 sources of rbc identification errors

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  1. yeast
  2. oil droplets
  3. air bubbles
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15
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what stain or chemical is used to differentiate RBCs errors such as yeast or oil droplets, and wbc

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acetic acid

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16
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sediment characteristic:
exhibit greater variation in size and are highly refractile

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oil droplets and air bubbles

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17
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___ leukocytes/hpf are seen in normal urine

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<5

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18
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increase in urinary WBCs (principally neutrophils)

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Pyuria

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19
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Chlamydia trachomatis, staphylococci, and coliforms are causative agents

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Pyuria

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20
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correlated with
- Leukocyte esterase
- Nitrite
- Specific Gravity
- pH

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WBCs

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21
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what is the significance of NITRITE screening test?

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Bacteria/WBCs

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22
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What is the significance of the screening test for PROTEINS?

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casts/cells

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23
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significance of screening test for GLUCOSE

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yeast

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24
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Provided evidence that chamber counts on centrifuged urine sediments are more reliable in predicting renal functional abnormalities than coventional method using cells per HPF

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Kesson (1978)

25
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Normal value of these parameters in quantitative count.

neutrophils? 5 to __/uL
RBCs? 3 to __ /uL
casts? 1 to __/ul

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neutrophils = 5 to 30/uL
RBCs = 3 to 20/uL
casts = 1 to 2/uL

26
Q

When was Addis count developed

A

1926

27
Q

Standard amount of specimen centrifuged is ___ mL.

A

10 to 15 mL

28
Q

If not possible to obtain 12 mL specimen…

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  • specimen volume noted on report
  • for correction, results are multiplied by 2
29
Q

How many minutes do we centrifuge the specimen?

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5 minutes @ 400 RCF (Relative centrifugal force) because it produces least chance of damage to elements

30
Q

Used when quantitating the number of elements per mL

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Concentration factor

31
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What are the sediment volumes frequently used

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0.5 and 1.0mL

32
Q

Reporting of CASTS in routine microscopic examination

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per 10 LPFs

33
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reporting of RBCs and WBCs in routine microscopic examination

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per 10 HPFs

34
Q

This stain is used for methylene blue and eosin y, for eosinophil granules

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Hansel stain

35
Q

stains structures containing iron

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Prussian blue stain

36
Q

identifies WBCs, epithelial cells, and casts

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Sternheimer-Malbin

37
Q

Toluidine blue stain is for

A

enhancement of nuclear detail

38
Q

This is used for detection of malignancies of the lower urinary tract

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Cytodiagnostic urine testing

39
Q

stain used in cytodiagnostic urine testing

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Papanicolaou stain

40
Q

part of illumination system of the microscope which contains a number of leaves that the operator may open or close to increase the amount of light illuminating the object

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iris diaphragm

41
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part of illumination system of the microscope which gathers the light coming from the light source and to concentrate that light in a collection of parallel beams into the specimen

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condenser

42
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most common and simplest condenser

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Abbe condenser

43
Q

most common filter used

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blue
since it absorbs some of the yellow to red light from illumination bulbs

44
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usual thickness of cover glass

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0.17 mm

44
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filters are used for

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enhanced contrast and color correction

45
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this is a technique used to optimize light quality and sharpness by aligning and adjusting each component of the optical system.

performed whenever an objective is changed.

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Kohler Illumination

46
Q

image in the microscope is upside down and reversed, what is this called?

A

virtual image

47
Q

most common type of microscope wherein object appear dark against a light background

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Bright-field microscopy

48
Q

Enhances visualization of elements with low refractive indices, such as hyaline casts, mixed cellular casts, mucus threads, and Trichomonas

eliminates the need to fix or stain living cells

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Phase contrast microscopy

49
Q

calculated as the speed with which light travels in air divided by the speed with which light travels through the substance

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refractive index

50
Q

aids in identification of birefringent elements: cholesterol on OFB, fatty casts, and crystals

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Polarizing microscope

51
Q

Allows visualization of naturally fluorescent substances or those that have been stained with a fluorochrome or fluorophore to produce an image

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Fluoroscence microscopy

52
Q

property by which atoms absorb light at a particular wavelength and emit light of a longer wavelength

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Fluorescence

53
Q

Fluorescent compound with green emission at 517nm

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FITC
Fluorescein Isothiocyanate

54
Q

Fluorescent compound that is red emission at 580nm

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TRITC
Tetramethylrhodamine Isothiocyanate

55
Q

enhances visualization of elements with low refractive indices such as hyaline casts, mixed cellular casts, mucous threads, and trichomonas

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phase-con mic

56
Q

aids in ID of Treponoma pallidum

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Dark-field microscopy

57
Q

produces a three dimensional microscopy image and layer by layer imaging of a specimen

A

interference-contrast

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