Renal Physical Diagnostic Skills - Prunuske Flashcards
How do you assess a patient’s hydration status using urine specific gravity?
- Specific gravity correlates with urine osmolality
- gives important insight into the patient’s hydration status
- Normal = 1.003 to 1.030
- Relative hydration: <1.010
- Relative dehydration: >1.020
- gives important insight into the patient’s hydration status
What are the causes of false positive urinalysis results for Bilirubin?
- Bilirubin → Phenazopyridine (Pyridium)
What are the causes of false positive urinalysis results for blood?
- Blood → Dehydration, exercise, hemoglobinuria, menstrual bleeding, myoglobinuria, beets
What are the causes of false positives for glucose in urinalysis results?
- Glucose → Ketones, Levadopa
What are the causes of false positive Ketones on urinalysis?
- Ketones → Acidic urine, elevated specific gravity, mesna, phenolphthalein
What are the causes of false positive Leukocyte esterase on urinalysis?
- Leukocyte esterase → contamination
What are the causes of false positive Nitrites on urinalysis?
- Nitrites → contamination, exposure of dipstick to air, phenazopyridine
What are the causes of false positive Protein on urinalysis?
- Protein → alkaline/concentrated urine, phenazopyridine, quaternary ammonia products
What are the causes of false positive elevation Specific gravity on urinalysis?
- Specific gravity → dextran solutions, IV radiopaque dyes, proteinuria
What are the causes of false positive Urobilinogen on urinalysis?
- Urobilinogen → elevated nitrite levels, phenazopyridine
What are the causes of false negative Bilirubin on urinalysis?
- Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
- selenium
What are the causes of false negative Blood on urinalysis?
- Captopril (Capoten)
- elevated specific gravity
- pH < 5.1
- proteinuria
- vitamin C
What are the causes of false negative Glucose on urinalysis?
- Elevated specific gravity
- uric acid
- vitamin C
What are the causes of false negative Ketones on urinalysis?
Delay in examination of urine
What are the cause of false negative Leukocyte esterase on urinalysis?
- Elevated specific gravity
- glycosuria
- ketonuria
- proteinuria
- some oxidizing drugs:
- cephalexin [Keflex]
- nitrofurantoin [Furadantin]
- tetracycline
- gentamicin
- vitamin C