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Urine Lab Stuff Flashcards

0
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How long can a urine sample be refrigerated?

A

6 hours

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How long should you look at urine after you get it? When should it be refrigerated?

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Within one hour to look at it or refrigerate

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2
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What twmperature does urine need to be for specific gravity?

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Room temp

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3
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What are seven things that can happen as urine sample sits at room temp?

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RBC decrease
Casts decrease
Glucose decreases 
pH increases
Bacteria increase
Turbidity increase
Crystals increase
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4
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Why does the pH increase in a urine sample as it sits out?

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Bacterial breakdown of urea to ammonia

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5
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What should you look for in a gross examination?

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Urine volume
Urine color
Transparency
Odor
Foam
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6
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What do you look for in urine volume? 3

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Normal
Polyuria
Oliguria

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7
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What should you look for in urine color? 2

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Normal
Abnormal

Some shade of yellow

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What should you look for in transparency? 3

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Clear, cloudy, flocculent

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9
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What should you look for with odor and foam? 2

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Normal and abnormal

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10
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What does pH measure?

A

The H+ concentration in urine

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11
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What is the ph of carnivores?

A

<7

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12
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What is throw in herbivores?

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> 7

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13
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What is abnormally low ph associated with? 4

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Hypo ventilation
Starvation
vomiting
Diarrhea

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What is abnormally high pH associated with? 3

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Hyperventilation
Bacterial UTI
Postprandial urine Sample

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15
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How can pH be falsely increased?

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If urine is left out at room temp for a long time

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16
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What will a false PH read?

A

Alkaline

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17
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Is protien usually dectactable on a dipstick?

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Not usually, but low amounts is normal

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18
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What can effect protien level?

A

Method of collection

Prolonged contact with the test pad

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19
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What does protienuria indicate?

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Disease:kidney damaged, urinary tract inflammation

20
Q

Is glucose normally detectable in urine?

A

No

21
Q

When will glycosidic occur in dogs?

A

When they reach >170-180 mg/DL

22
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When will glucosuria occur in a cat?

A

When >260-310

23
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What are three conditions associated with glucosuria?

A

Diabetes mellitus, stress/excitement, carb meal

24
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What can cause a false reading of glucose?

A

Decreased in refrigerator

25
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Where do ketones come from?

A

Result from fat breakdown

26
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Are ketones normally detected in urine?

A

No

27
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What are four ways ketones can occur?

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Diabetes mellitus, pregnancy, toxemia/ketosis, starvation/fasting

28
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What are bile pigments?what are two bile pigments?

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Chemicals derived from the breakdown of hemoglobin

29
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What are two bile pigments?

A

Bilirubin and urobilinogen

30
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What can cause bilirubinurea?

A

RBC destruction, hepaticellular damage, bile duct obstruction

31
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Small quantities of what can be detected in normal dogs?

A

Normal dogs

32
Q

Is bilirubin stable in irons samples?

A

No

33
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What can cause hematuria?

A

Bacterial UTI, urolithiasis, interstitial cystitis, neoplasia, renal disease, trauma

34
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What will urine look like with hematuria? 3

A

Wine, brown, cloudy red

35
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What can happen with hematuria and a centrifuge?

A

Abnormal color may disappear

36
Q

Is hemoglobin found in urine?

A

No

37
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What are two things that can cause hemoglobinuria?

A

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, blood transfusion, incompatability

38
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What is the color of hemoglobinuria?

A

Wine, brown, cloudy red

39
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Will the color change with hemoglobinuria after centrifugation?

A

No

40
Q

Why is myoglobin?

A

Oxygen carrying molecules found in muscle that are similar to hemoglobin

41
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What does myoglobin do to the color of the urine?

A

Dark brown to black

42
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When Is myoglobin observed?

A

When significant muscle damage occurs

43
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What are three things that can cause myoglobin in the urine?

A

Rhabdomyolysis, trauma, toxicity

44
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What does pyuria mean?

A

Indicative of inflammation in the urimary tract/leukocytes

45
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What are two causes of pyuria?

A

Bacterial UTI and urolithiasis

46
Q

Why would you preform a urinary sediment analysis?

A

Detect abnormalities not seen in gross or biochemical analysis

47
Q

Sample for urinary sediment analysis should be what? 3

A

Fresh
Concentrated
Collected by cysti

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