Urinary System Flashcards
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Processes that regulate urine formation
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- glomerular filtration (passive)
- tubular absorption (active or passive)
- tubular secretion (active or passive)
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Glomeruli
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- capillary endothelium
- basement membrane
- glomerular epithelial cells (podocytes) with foot processes
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Evaluation of glomerular filtration
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- excretion of substances that pass freely thru the glomeruli –> size <2.4 - >3.4, positive charged passes more freely
- albumin is 3.5 nm and negatively charged –> not present in urine of cats, cattle, horses, in low conc in dogs
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Glomerular filtration rate
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Fluid that goes from plasma to glomerular filtrate
- assessed by rate some substances are cleared from the plasma
- GFR depends on renal plasma flow
- RPF depends on blood volume, cardiac output, # of functional glomeruli, constriction/dilation of afferent/efferent arterioles
- other: intracapsular hydrostatic pressure, oncotic pressure
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The ideal biomarker for GFR
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- not bound to protein
- pass freely through filtration barrier
- neither excreted nor absorbed by renal tubules
- insulin, iohexol, manitol nearly meet the criteria
- creatinine is secreted very little and meets criteria
- imagining can be used
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Function of renal tubules is assessed comparing ___________
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The urinary excretion of a plasma substance to insulin
- if greater than insulin –> there is tubular secretion, and if lower there is resorption or does not pass freely though filtration barrier
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Na
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75% resorbed in proximal tubules
- passively resorbed in loop of Henle
- ADH stimulates absorption in the loop of Henle
- aldosterone stimulates absorption in the collecting ducts
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Cl
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75% resorbed in the proximal tubules
- passivley resorbed in the loop of Henle
- resorbed passively in distal nephron due to a gradient formed by Na
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HCO3
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90% conserved in the proximal tubules via H secretion
- collecting ducts type A intercalated cells increase resorption
- collecting ducts Type B intercalated cells decrease resorption when there is excess
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K
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Most is resorbed prior to distal tubules
- secreted by principal cells in collected ducts (promoted by aldosterone)
- movement into tubules enhanced by high flow and inhibited by low flow
- ADH promotes secretion in cortical collecting ducts
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H
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Secreted by type A intercalated cells in distal nephron
- aldosterone and acidemia promote secretion
- limited amount secreted in proximal tubule
- most renal secretion of H is within NH4 and either HPO4 or H2PO4
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Ca
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80-85% resorbed in proximal tubules and loop of Henle
- PTH promotes resorption
- vit D promotes resorption
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PO4
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85-90% resorbed in proximal tubule
- enhanced by hypophosphatemia and insulin
- inhibited by hyperphosphatemia and PTH
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Mg2
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Near all resorbed in the loop of Henle
- ADH, PTH, glucagon, calcitonin and B-agonists stimulate resorption
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Glucose
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All resorbed in proximal tubules
- mechanism involve transporter proteins that can be overwhelmed by high saturation of plasma glucose (glucosuria)
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Proteins and amino acids
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Nearly all resorbed in proximal tubules
- AA use 7 different transporters for 7 AA groups
- larger proteins (inclu albumin) enter the tubular cells by endocytosis and are degraded to amino acids
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What are 3 important receptors mediating endocytosis?
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Megalin, aminionless, and cubalin
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Urea
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60-65% resorbed in proximal tubules
- ADH enhance resorption in distal nephron
- responsible for 50% of hypertonicity of the medulla
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Creatinine
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Small amounts are secreted in proximal tubules (dogs)
- does not happen with horses and cats
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Water
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30% of renal perfusion flow becomes ultrafiltrate, 75% is passively resorbed in proximal tubules
- passively resorbed in the loop of Henle as it enters hypertonic medulla
- collecting ducts are permeable in presence of ADH thru aquaporin
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_____ is imperbeable to water
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Ascending loop of Henle
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Concentrating ability
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Ability to resorb water in excess to resorption of solutes
- will increase osmolarity
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Diluting ability
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Ability to resorb solutes in excess to resorption of water
- will decrease osmolarity
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Isosthenuria
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Urine osmolality is the same of plasma osmolality
- USG 1.007-1.013
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Hyposthenuria
Urine osmolality is less than isosthenuric values
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Eusthenuria
Osmolality that is expected for an animal with adequate renal function
- around hyposthenuria
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Hypersthenuria
Very concentated urine
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Urine concentration
ADH must be present!
- stimuli: hyperosmolality, decreased cardiovascular pressure, increased angiotensin (less extent)
- epithelial cells of distal nephron must be responsive to ADH
- concentration gradient: medulla osmolality must be greater than that of the fluid in the tubules
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Urine dilution
Na and Cl must actively transported from the tubular fluid to the interstitial fluid by epithelial cells in the ascending loop of Henle
- very little water removed by the distal nephron
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With chronic renal insufficiency, renal tissue is _______
Inadequate to maintain health
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At ____ of normal GFR, animal is clinically healthy but animal has less tolerance to insults
50%
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Chronic renal failure has a GFR of ______
20-50% of normal
- azotemia and anemia appears
- polyuria due to decreased concentrating ability
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CRF - symptoms
- hypocalcemia (not in horses)
- metabolic acidosis --> kidneys can't regulate fluid volume or electrolyte balance
- uremia
- neurologic, GI, cardio complications
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End-stage renal failure
GFR is <5% of normal
| - terminal stages of uremia with oliguria or anuria
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When more than ___ of the nephrons are lost, the animal loses the ability to concentrate urine
2/3
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When more than ____ of the nephrons are lost, the animal becomes azotemic
3/4
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Reasons for loss of concentrating ability
- more solutes presented to remaining nephrons --> solute diuresis
- medullary hypertonicity is not maintained --> medullary tissue is damage or blood flow is abnormal, decreased Na/Cl absorption in ascending loop of Henle, damaged cells in distal nephron less responsive to ADH
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Polyruia in chronic renal insufficiency or failure
Not as severe as in diuretic states (ex: diabetes insipidus)
- GFR is decreased --> decreased filtered volume
- polyuria precedes azotemia (cats can concentrate more than other species, may be able to keep more concentrating ability along with azotemia)
- progression of renal disease and nephron loss leads to oliguria or anuria
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Evidence of insufficiency or failure
- azotemia: increased BUN or creatinine on plasma due to decreased GFR
- low USG due to loss of concentrating ability
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Evidence of chronicity
Clinical findings including duration of signs
| - lab findings: anemia, hypocalcemia (may also occur in acute renal failure, or hypercalcemia in horses)
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Acute renal failure
Reversible, or irreversible, abrupt (hours or days), disease or insult that markedly decreases GFR
- usually toxicants, renal ischemia or infections
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Azotemia
Magnitude of azotemia does not differentiate acute from chronic (is mild to severe in both cases)
- occurs more rapidly in acute (days), than in chronic renal failure (weeks to months)
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Acute renal failure - urine volume and USG
Abrupt nature of acute failure --> no time for nephron hypertrophy --> very low GFR --> oliguria or anuria
- urine may be concentrated if formed before insult
- may be isosthenuric
- not expected to be hyposthenuric!!
- acid base and electrolyte status may become abruptly abnormal (hyperkalemia and acidemia)
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Increased BUN and/or creatinine
Azotemia
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Uremia
Urinary constituents in blood --> clinical signs reflecting renal failure
- vomiting, diarrhea, coma, convulsions, ammoniacal odor on breath
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Pre-renal azotema pathogenesis
Any process that decreases RPF --> decreases GFR --> volume receptors sense reduced blood flow --> triggers angiotensin-renin system --> angiotensin 2 constricts afferent and efferent glomerular arterioles --> further decreases GFR
- hypovolemia --> increase Na absorption and water in proximal tubules --> increased BUN passive resorption --> decreased flow rate --> more time for resorption
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Azotemia in face of protein losing nephropathy and hypoalbuminemia
Decreased oncotic pressure --> hypovolemia
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Clinical hypoadrenocorticism
Aldosterone deficiency --> hyperkalemia --> decreased CO --> decreased arterial bp --> decreased GFR, increased loss of Na --> increase water loss --> hypovolemia
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Severe intestinal hemorrhage causes
Pre-renal azotemia
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Renal azotemia
Any renal disease that leads to major decreased GFR
- loss of nephrons
- decreased vascular potency within kidneys
- decreased glomerular permeability
- increased renal interstitial pressure
- increased intratubular pressure
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Renal azotemia - pathogenesis
Loss of 65-75% of the nephrons --> decrease GFR --> azotemia
| - processes that contribute for pre-renal may also be present
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With post-renal azotemia, the cause of increased BUN/creatinine is ______ to the nephron
Distal
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Pathogenesis of obstructive azotemia
Release of vasoactive substances --> constrict glomerular arterioles --> decrease GFR
- impaired flow --> increased intracapsular pressure --> decreases GFR --> as less ultra filtrate is formed intracapsular pressure tends to decrease
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Pathogenesis of azotemia caused by leakage of urine within the body
Leakage in peritoneal cavity --> BUN and creatinine enter plasma via passive diffusion thru mesothelium (BUN equilibrates faster than creatinine)
- leakage in tissue surrounding urinary tract --> diffusion from extra to intravascular azotemia
- if intestinal excretion of BUN/creatinine does not compensate decreased urinary excretion --> azotemia
- processes that lead to pre-renal or renal azotemia may be present
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Increased urea production
Increased proteolysis --> generates more NH4 --> increased urea synthesis by hepatocytes
- if rate of urea prodcution exceeds rate of urea excretion --> azotemia
- renal reserve --> increased excretion of increased BUN --> mild-no azotemia
- intestinal hemorrhage = high protein diet + hypovolemia
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Azotemia and uremia criterion involves _____
USG
- renal and extrarenal factors that may affect concentrating ability must be considered
- exclusively pre renal --> ADH simulus (>1.030 in dogs, >1.040 in cats, >1.025 in horses/cattle)
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If USG below those values and no evidence of increased urea production _______
Then there is loss of concentration ability
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USG in renal disease
1. 007-1.013 due to tubulointerstitial impairment and loss of nephrons
- USG may be >1.013 but still inappropriately low if: decrease GFR more than tubular function, high urine concentration of glucose (USG overestimated), plasma osmolality is increased
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Extra-renal
Azotemia develops from hypovolemia
- distal nephron not responsive to ADH (nephrogenic diabetes insipidus)
- solute overload: too much solute entering the loop of Henle --> high flow rate --> decreased absorption of fluid
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Decreased medullary hypertonicity
- prolonged hyponatremia or hypochloremia
- blocked sodium and chloride
- decreased urea production due to liver disease
- solute overload or prolonged diuresis
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Urea nitrogen concentration in plasma
Many labs report urea directly, but frequently reported based on its nitrogen content
- sample: serum or plasma
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Increased urea nitrogen due to decreased excretion
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Pre-renal:
- hypovolemia, decreased CO, shock
Renal:
- inflammatory
- amyloidosis
- toxic nephrosis
- renal ischemia/hypoxia
- congenital
- hydronephrosis
-neoplasia
Post-renal
- obstruction, leakage
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Increased urea nitrogen due to increased production
- intestinal hemorrhage
- dietary
- increased catabolism
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Decreased urea nitrogen due to hepatic insufficiency
Extensive hepatocellular damage (>80%) --> impaired urea cycle --> decreased UN and increased NH4
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Decreased urea nitrogen due to portosystemic shunt
- less NH4 delivered to hepatocytes
| - less uptake of NH4 by hepatocytes (atrophy, necrosis or fibrosis)
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Decreased urea nitrogen due to increased urea excretion
Less water resorption (ex: osmotic diuresis) --> less concentration gradient --> less urea is reabsorbed
- central and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus lack of ADH activity --> less urea and water resorption
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Urea is responsible for ____ of medulla hypertonicity
50%
- decreased urea resorption --> decreased medulla hypertonicity --> decreased concentration gradient --> decreased concentration ability --> polyuria --> dehydration/hypovolemia --> azotemia
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Creatinine concentration on serum or plasma
- sample: serum or plasma, up to 4 days at RT and 1-3 months -20C
- test: dry chemistry and wet, colorimetric
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Increased creatinine concentration due to decreased GFR
Process may be pre, renal or post renal
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Increased creatinine due to increased production and release from myocytes
- only if excretion is impaired (ex: rhabdomyolysis in horses)
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Increased creatinine is common in
- greyhounds
| - neonate foals if placenta clearance is not adequate (should disappear after birth)
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Decreased creatinine
Not clinically significant
- decreased muscle mass
- hypoproteinemia (slightly decreased)
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Creatinine clearance rate
Rate by which creatinine is cleared from blood
- an indicator of GFR
- causes of decrease: prerenal, renal, postrenal
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Indications for creatinine clearance rate
- assess GFR in nonazotemic, non-dehydrated animals suspected of renal disease (usually polyuric)
- assess prognosis of azotemic animals
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Creatinine clearance rate - endogenous procedure
Adequate hydration is confirmed, all urine produced during a given perion (20 min to 24 hrs)
- metabolism cage or catheterization
- record volume
- mixed well and creatinine is measured
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Creatinine clearance rate - exogenous procedure
Same as endogenous, but creatinine is injected into the animal
- advantage: challenge to the kidney
- disadvantage: may increase tubular secretion of creatinine, lack of standardization
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Urinalysis - physical exam
- color
- clarity
- USG
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Urinalysis - chemical exam
Reagent strip method
- pH
- [protein]
- [glucose]
- [ketone]
- [heme]
- [occult blood]
- [bilirubin]
- [urobilinogen]
- sediment
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Voided
Samples may have more bacteria, epithelial cells, and leukocytes from distal urethra and genital tract
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Cystocentesis
Iatrogenic hemorrhage
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Catheterized
Epithelial cells, hemorrhage, lubricant, bacteria
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Off surface
Contaminated with a variety of microscopic material
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Normal urine color
Amber
| - pale is less concentrated than dark yellow (not always)
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Abnormal urine color
- red: erythrocytes
- red-brown: erythrocytes, hemoglobin, myoglobin, methemoglobin
- brown/black: methemoglobin (from hemo or myoglobin)
- yellow/orange: bilirubin
- yellow/brown or yellow/green: bilirubin or biliverdin
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Horse urine may turn ____ when exposed to snow
Brown
| - non-pathogenic
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Urine clarity
- clear-mild turbidity is normal (few epithelial cells, crystals)
- equine is usually turbid: mucoproteins and calcium carbonate crystals
- done in fresh, homogenized urine
- cloudiness: presence of cells, crystals, bacteria, casts, and lipid droplets
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Solute concentration
Dissolved ions and molecules
| - Na, Cl, K, Ca, PO4, NH4, urea, creatinine
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Specific gravity
Rate of solution weight/water weight
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Refractive index
Ratio of the speed of light in the vacuum/speed of light in a solution
- increases proportionally to solute concentration
- correlates with osmolality
- suspended particles do not affect meaurement, may make it harder to read refractometer
- marked proteinuria or glucosuria may hyperestimate [solutes]
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Is 1.060 the same in the dog and cat?
No, type of molecules are different
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Freezing point osmometry method
Freezing point of a solution is inversely related on the concentration of solutes
- as the concentration increases, freezing-point decreases
- unit: mol/kg or osmol/kg
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A lower USG is a worse prognosis until _____
Hyposthenuria
| - shows there is not a loss of nephron function, is related to ADH function
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Carnivores have ___ urine and herbivores have ____ urine (unless they are on a milk diet)
Acidic; alkaline
- dogs and cats: 6-7.5 pH
- horses and cows: 7.5-8.5
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Aciduria
Suggests increased secretion of H
- acidosis, respiratory and some metabolic
- hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis
- hypokalemia: secretion of H increases absorption of K
- furosamide treatment
- proximal renal tubule aciduria (if HCO3 is depleted)
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Alkalinuria
Decreased excretion of H
- urea splitting hydrolysis: spontaneous delayed urinalysis completion, urease containing bacteria
- respiratory alkalosis
- distal renal tubular acidosis
- proximal renal tubular acidosis (without HCO3 is depletion)
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Proteinuria - physiologic
Proteins <68 kD may pass glomerulus
- usually resorbed, may be in urine
- dogs have measurable amount of low protein (mostly albumin)
- Tamm-Horsfall protein --> hyaline cast formation (soluble on pH >7)
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Proteinuria detection
- strips: detect albumin better than globulins
- SSA: denaturation of proteins by acids forming precipitation (turbid urine)
- may help to access some types of proteinuria
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Tamm-Horsfall protein is secreted by ____
Tubules!
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Prerenal proteinuria
- overflow, overload, and preglomerular
- increased concentration of small proteins
- paraproteinuria (light chain proteins --> Bense Jones)
- hemoglobinuria
- myoglobinuria
- postcolostral proteinuria
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Glomerular proteinuria
Damage to glomeruli will allow larger proteins to pass
| - usually negatively charged, selective protein loss
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Tubular proteinuria
Proximal tubules are not resorbing proteins
| - usually acute renal disease, can be congenital
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Hemorrhagic or inflammatory proteinuria
Exudation of proteins through increased permeability of vessels
- postrenal (more common)
- usually see pyuria or hematuria
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Glucose
180mw, resorbed in proximal tubules by Na/glucose cotransport
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Max glucose transport ability
- dogs: 180-220 mg/dL
- cats: 290 mg/dL
- horses and calves: 150 mg/dL (probably lower in mature cattle)
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Glucose analytical methods
- strip: false neg with ascorbic acid, ketonuria, very concentrated urine
- copper reduction method: may be used to confirm
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Hyperglycemia
More glucose in ultrafiltrate that can be resorbed
| - usually will see hyperglycemia but a transient hyperglycemia with a delay to empty the bladder may mask
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Renal glucosuria
Normoglycemic
- tubular abnormalities: acquired or congenital
- acquired: renal tubular toxicosis or ischemia
- congenital: fanconi syndrome and pure primary renal glucosuria (basenji, norwegian elkhound, shetland sheepdog)
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Glucosuria will cause
- osmotic diruesis
- decreased concentration ability
- increased urine volume
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Ketones
Acetoacetate, B-hydroxybutyrate, acetone
- not expected in urine of healthy animals
- may enter thru glomerular filtration or secretion by tubular cells
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Ketones - analytical method
- strip: false positive with pigmented urine and other compounds
- only high concentrations of B-hydroxybutyrate
- acetest table method: blood, plasma, urine, milk
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Ketonuria
Increased metabolism of lipids
- decreased insulin and increased glucagon
- may lead to Na and K depletion
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Heme - strip test
Could be hemoglobin, myoglobin, methemoglobin
| - intact cells are lysed in the reagent pad
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Heme - hematest tablet test
Confirmatory
| - occult blood in feces
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Heme - heme positive
Hematuria
- hemorrhage in the urinary tract
- RBCs may lyse if USG is <1.015
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Hemoglobinuria
Intravascular hemolysis after haptoglobin is saturated
| - RBCs may lyse if USG is <1.015
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Myoglobinuria
Myocyte damage or necrosis (rhabdomyolysis)
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Methemoglobin
Oxidation of hemoglobin iron in the urine
| - oxidative damage causing intravascular hemolysis
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Bilirubin
Not expected in normal urine of mammals other than the dog
- conjugated bilirubin pass freely thru glomeruli
- heme converted into unconjugated and then conjugated bilirubin by renal tubular cells
- strip or ictotest
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Bilirubinuria
Hemolytic states or decreased excretion of bilirubin
- concentrated urine from healthy dogs frequently produces small bilirubin reaction
- may be present before hyperbilirubinemia or icterus are detected
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Urobilinogen
- colorless
- from degradation of bilirubin in intestine
- excreted by urine, o removed by hepatocytes
- reagent strip
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Increased urobilinogenuria
Hemolytic states or hepatobiliary disease
| - not clinically relevant
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Nitrite
Gram-neg bacteria reduce nitrate to nitrite
- strip: false positive with contaminant bacteria
- positive reaction: presence of gram neg bacteria, significant bacteriuria
- not clincially relavent due to inconsistency of results
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Leukocyte esterase
Leukocyte in the urine release esterase
| - false negative in dogs and false positive results in cats
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Urine sediments
Consistently using the same volume allows a more accurate/clinically relevant semiquantitative result
- contents not stable, so use fresh urine
- cells and casts deteriorate
- crystals can form or dissolve
- bacteria may die or proliferate
- mix well before aliquot is removed for centrifugation
- most sediment findings quantified based on number seen per hpf
- staining sediments done, but dilution should be taken into account
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Leukocytes
Few is found in healthy animals
| - less than 5/hpf
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Pyruia
Increased leukocytes/hpf
- inflammation of mucosal or submucosal tissues or renal parenchyma
- infectious or noninfectious
- knowledge of collection may determine site of inflammation
- genital tract inflammation
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Hematuria
- pathological hemorrhage: vascular damage, thrombocytopenia, thrombopathia, vWD, coagulopathies
- iatrogenic hemorrhage: cystocentesis, catheterization
- urogenital tract: estrus
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Urine should be ______
Sterile
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Bacteruria
Semiquantified, may proliferate after collection
- stained air-dried slides to increase accuracy
- source of sample, presence/absence of pyruia, concentration of bacteria
- false neg --> urine culture recommended
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Casts
Cylindrical concretions: shape mirrors tubular segment
- matrix of Tamm-Horsfall mucoprotein and other
- casts may form from normal sloughing of tubular cells (hyaline or granular): <2/lpf
- may deteriorate (in alkaline urine)
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Cylindruria
- hyaline: healthy animals, glomerular proteinuria
- epithelial or fatty: active tubular degeneration or necrosis
- granular: tubular degeneration, necrosis or inflammation, healthy animals
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Epithelial cells
From urinary tract mucosa
- renal tubular, transitional cells, squamous epithelial
- presesnt in ehalthy animala
- inflammation can increase release
- neoplastic cells may be present
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Crystals
Precipitation of salts
| - pH may dictate formation or dissolution of crystals
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Crystalluria
Found in healthy animals, increased concentration may suggest presence of some pathological state
- presence/absence of crystals is not a reliable indicator of presence/absence of uroliths
- crystalluria is a risk factor for urolith formation
135
Calcium oxalate dihydrate and monohydrate
Envelope shape
- healthy dogs and cats
- calcium oxalate uroliths
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Dogs intoxicated with ethylene glycol more commonly have _______
Calcium oxalate monohydrate
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Calcium phosphate
- healthy dogs
- peristent alkaline urine
- calcium phosphate urolith
- infection induced struvite crystalluria
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Cholesterol
- healthy dogs
| - in humnas with excessive tissue destruction, nephrotic syndrome and chyluria
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Cystine
- hexagonal
- concentrated acidic urine
- alkaline urine due to infection or contamination with urease-producing bacteria may cuase the crystal to dissolve
- dogs and cats with cystinuria (autosome recessive disease)
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Magnesium ammonium phosphate
Struvite
- coffin
- normal dogs and cats
- infection with urease-producing bacteria
- sterile struvite uroliths
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Urate
Yellow to brown spherules with long irregular protrusions
- dogs with partial vascular anomalies
- dogs and cats with ammonium urate uroliths
- uncommon in healthy dogs/cats
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Bilirubin
- needle like
- yellow to brown
- concentrated urines
- healthy dogs
- cholestatic disease in cats, horses, bovine, camelids
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Calcium carbonate
Not described in dogs and cats, healthy in horses and goats
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Organisms other than bacteria
Yeasts, hyphal structures, algae and parasitic structures
| - parasitical structures may be due to fecal contamination
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Lipid droplets
Likely from renal tubular epithelium
- most common in cats (store TG in renal tubular cells)
- use of lubricants for catheterization
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Mucous strands
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Urogenital secretions (abundant in horses)
- spermatozoa: expected in intact males, occasionally in females after breeding
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