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Week 6 Urinalysis
Lab 6 urinalysis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| keytones | normal in small amounts. Excessive amounts indicate abnormal metabolic processes (excessive fat burning) |
| urobilinogen | gives feces its brown color. Absences of urobilinogen indicates renal disease or obstruction of bile flow in the liver. Increased levels are hepatitis A cirrhosis |
| phosphate | excess can point to a bone disorder |
| Turbidity | clear, slightly cloudy, cloudy, opaque, or flocculent. Normally, fresh urine is clear to very slightly cloudy causes for excess material increased cells (RBC, WBC), numerous crystals, bacteria |
| specific gravity | water starts at 1.000. urine has solutes so...1.001 to 1.030 is normal. 1.001 is very diluted |
| rbcs | when there are rbcs it is a problem. kidney stones, infection or tumors of urinary tracts |
| wbcs | presences means inflammation of urinary tract |
| casts | hardnend cell fragments. |