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CMA CH. 32
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| urine suspected of having high levels of what substance should be stored in a dark place before testing? | Bilirubin |
| A cloudy urine specimen may be the result of what ? | Crystals |
| what condition could lead to a blue-green colored urine? | Pseudomonas infection |
| if a urine specimen cannot be analyzed within one hour, what is the best course of action? | refrigerate the specimen |
| casts in a urine specimen develop in what part of the urinary tract? | kidney |
| A medical assistant instructs a patient to collect a first morning specimen for what type of test? | pregnancy, culture, and for possible UTI and protein |
| what is one of the detachable signs of Renal disease? | proteinuria |
| The specific gravity of a urine specimen reads 1035. This value is considered to be what ? | abnormally high |
| using a urine dipstick test on a urine specimen from a female with a UTI, which test will most likely be positive? | Nitrite and leukocyte esterase |
| you open a urine sample for testing and immediately detect a fruity odor which test result do you expect to be elevated using a urine dipstick? | Ketones |
| what is the pH of urine? | urine pH is usually alkaline if bacteria is in the urine |
| A 24 hour urine sample is ordered to determine what? | creatine clearance rates |
| what is one of the first detectable signs of liver disease? | Bilirubinuria |
| A child whose urine smells like wet fur, most likely would diagnose with what? | (PKU) Phenylalanine |
| A CLIA-Waived urine pregnancy test result can detect hCG as early as what? | One week after implantation or 4 to 5 days before a missed period |
| _____ are tubular structures found in the urine and composed mainly of mucoprotein produced in the kidney | Casts |