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Urinalysis & Other Body Fluids
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
Normal urine color range


✓ Clear, straw, yellow, amber




Abnormal urine color and causes:


✓ BROWN: old/lysed rbcs, melanin, acids, meds, hgb, myoglobin, foods

✓ BLACK: Porphyrins and Malaria

✓ RED/PINK: RBCS, hgb, myoglobin, foods

✓ ORANGE: Pyridium (UTI drug)

✓ BLUE/GREEN: Bacterial inf, Pseudomonas spp., Intestinal tract inf. meds

✓ AMBER: bilirubin




Clarity Levels (3 classifications)


✓ Clear

✓ Hazy(read words behind it)

✓ Cloudy/Turbid (can't read anything)




Specific Gravity Definition



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✓ A ratio of mass contained in a volume of liquid to the mass contained

in an equal volume of pure water at the same temperature.




Specific Gravity: Measures and Purpose


✓ Measures: # of dissolved solutes in a solution

✓ Purpose: Determine pts. kidney function (reabsorption/ urine

concentration)

✓ Detects ADH abnormalities

✓ Formula: (grams of urine/mL of urine) 1mL/g

✓ Reference Range: 1.003- 1.035




Osmolality Definition


✓ Concentration of dissolved solutes per kg of solvent




What is measured using freezing point depression and vapor pressure

depression?


✓ Osmolality




Osmolality Clinical Significance




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✓ Significantly decreased in patients with acute tubular necrosis because

the kidneys are unable to concentrate the urine. (Depends on pt.

hydration status)




Osmolality Levels: Increased, Normal, Decreased


✓ above 1100 mOsm/kg =decreased fluid intake

✓ Normal: 300-900 mOsm/kg

✓ Below 100 mOsm/kg =excessive fluid intake OR Diabetes insipidus




Reagent Strip: TEST, Clinical Significance, Reaction




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