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Urinalysis and Fluids

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What are some causes of a low specific gravity <1.010   diabetes insipidus, renal disease, diuretics, excessive water intake  
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what are some causes of a high specific gravity >1.010   dehydration, proteinuria, diabetes mellitus, dye, heart failure, liver disease  
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what are some causes of a pH <7.0   high protein diet, starvation, acidosis  
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what are some causes of a pH >7.0   renal tubular acidosis, post-prandial, alkalosis, bacterial infection  
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What level of protein loss is seen with nephrotic syndrome   more than 5 g/day  
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why would there be albumin in the urine   exercise, stress, pregnancy, infection, glomerulonephritis, newborn  
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why would there be globulins in the urine   glomerulonephritis or tubular dysfunction  
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why would there be hemoglobin in the urine   hematuria or hemoglobinuria  
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why would there be fibrinogen in the urine   severe renal disease  
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why would there be nucleoproteins in the urine   WBCs in the urine epithelial cells in the urine  
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why would there be bence jones proteins in the urine   multiple myeloma or leukemia  
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why would there be glucose in the urine   diabetes, heavy meal, stress, impaired tubular reabsorption, Fanconi's syndrome, advanced tubular renal disease  
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why would there be ketones in the urine   diabetic ketonuria, insulin dosage, excessive carbohydrate loss, starvation  
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what would there be myoglobin in the urine   muscle trauma, prolonged coma, extensive exertion  
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why would there be leukocyte Esterase in the urine   urinary tract infection  
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why would there be nitrites in the urine   cystitis, pyelonephritis  
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what does it mean when there are a large number of epithelial cells in the urine sample   not a clean catch urine  
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what are the requirements for cast formation   acid condition, high salt concentration, reduced urine flow, protein  
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what is the most commonly observed cast   hyaline  
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what is the etiology of hyaline casts   emotional stress or strenuous exercise  
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What do white cell casts indicate   acute glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis, nephrotic syndrome  
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what do red cell casts indicate   acute glomerulonephritis, renal infarction, collagen disease, kidney involvement in subacute bacterial endocarditis  
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what do granular casts indicate   pyelonephritis or chronic lead intoxication  
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what do fatty casts indicate   tubular inflammation adn degeneration or chronic renal disease  
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When do you see cystine crystals   cystinosis  
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when do you see cholesterol crystals   nephrotic syndrome  
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when do you see bilirubin crystals   liver disease and jaundice  
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when do you see leucine crystals   liver disease  
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when do you see tyrosine crystals   liver disease  
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When do you see eosinophils in the urine   AIN, chronic pyelonephritis, IgA nephropathy, post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, renal allograft rejection  
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What does it mean when you see bacteria without PMNs   contamination  
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what does it mean when you see yeast in the urine   candida albicans, diabetes mellitus, vaginal moniliasis  
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what are common urine parasites   trichomonas vaginalis, enterobus vermicularis, schistosome haematobium  
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What does it mean when there is xanthrochromia of the synovial fluid   indicates blood has been present for some time  
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what does it mean if the synovial fluic is green   bacterial infection  
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what does it mean when synovial fluid has >90% neutrophils   bacterial infection  
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what does it mean when there are lymphocytes in synovial fluid   nonseptic inflammation  
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what does it mean when there are monocytes in the synovial fluid   normal  
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what does it mean when there are eosinophils in the synovial fluid   parasite, metastatic disease, rheumatoid arthritis  
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what crystals are common in gout   monosodium urate crystals  
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what is the shape of gout monodsodium urate crystals   needle like  
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when gout crystals are parallel to the axes of a red compensator what color are they? perpendicular?   when parallel they are yellow when perpendicular they are blue  
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What crystals are present with Pseudo Gout   calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals  
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what color are pseudo gout crystals when perpendicular to the red compensator   blue when parallel and yellow when perpendicular  
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