PHYSICALEXAMINATION Flashcards
OBJECTIVE observation: physical examination
Color, Volume,Clarity, Odor, and Specific Gravity
Provides preliminary information:
glomerular bleeding
liver disease
inborn errors of metabolism
urinary tract infection
used to confirm or to explain findings in the chemical and microscopic
areas of urinalysis
Physical examination
◦ normal metabolic functions
◦ physical activity
◦ingested materials
◦ pathologic conditions
Colorless to black
Normal Urine Color
pale yellow, yellow, dark yellow, and amber
ØYellow color
Øproduct of endogenous metabolism, and
under normal conditions the body produces it
at a constant rate
Urochrome
Øincreased amounts produced in thyroid
conditions and fasting states.
Øincreases in urine that stands at room temperature
Urochrome
most evident in specimens that have been refrigerated ◦attaches to the urates, producing a pink color to the sediment.
Uroerythrin
◦an oxidation product of the normal urinary constituent
urobilinogen ◦imparts an orange-brown color to urine that is not fresh.
Urobilin
Recent fluid consumption
- Commonly observed with random specimens
Colorless
Urine color of Polyuria or diabetes insipidus, DM and dilute random specimen
Pale yellow
Pale yellow that Increased 24-hour volume
Polyuria or DI
Pale yellow that Elevated specific gravity and positive glucose test result
DM
Pale yellow that Recent fluid consumption
Dilute random specimen
Color of urine that Concentrated specimen
Dark yellow
Color of urine that Dehydration from fever or burns
Amber
Color of urine that Bilirubin oxidized to biliverdin
Yellow to green or yellow brown
Colored foam in acidic urine and false-negative chemical test results for bilirubin
Yellow green or yellow brown
Orange color of urine
Bilirubin
Acriflavine
Phenazopyridine (pyridium)
Nitrofurantion
Phenindione
Orange color of urine that Yellow foam when shaken and positive chemical test results for
Bilirubin
Orange color of urine that Negative bile test results and possible green fluorescence
Acriflavine
Orange color of urine that Drug commonly administered for UTI and May have orange foam and thick orange pigment that can obscure or interfere with
reagent strip readings
Pyridium
Orange color of urine that Antibiotic administered for UTI
Nitrofurantion
Orange color of urine that Anticoagulant, orange in alkaline urine, colorless in acid urine
Phenindione
Pink to Red color of urine
RBC
Hemoglobin
Myoglobin
Porphyrin
Beets
Rifampin
Mestrual contamination
Pink to Red color of urine that Cloudy urine, blood test (+) and RBCs visible microscopically
RBC
Pink to Red color of urine that Clear urine blood test (+); intravascular hemolysis
Hemoglobin
Pink to Red color of urine that Clear urine with positive chemical test results for blood;
muscle damage
Myoglobin
Pink to Red color of urine that Negative chemical test results for blood and port wine
Porphyrin
Pink to Red color of urine that Detected with Watson-Schwartz screening
test or fluorescence under ultraviolet light
Porphyrin
Pink to Red color of urine that drugs that affect color
Rifampin
Pink to Red color of urine that Cloudy specimen with RBCs, mucus, and
clots
Menstrual contamination
Brown to Black color of urine
Homogentisic acid (alkaptonuria)
Melanin
Phenol derivatives
Argyrol (antiseptic)
Methyldopa or levodopa
Metronidazole (flagyl)
Brown to Black color of urine that Seen in alkaline urine after
standing; specific tests
Homogentisic acid (Alkaptonuria)
Brown to Black color of urine that Urine darkens on standing
and reacts with nitroprusside
and ferric chloride
Melanin
Brown to Black color of urine that Interfere with copper
reduction tests
Phenol derivatives