AUBF Chapter 5 Flashcards
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Defined as test using different reagents/methodologies
Confirmatory testing
Using tablets and chemicals
Non-reagent strip testing
Chemical parameters for which they are used
Specific confirmatory test
Slightly acidic
First morning specimen
pH 5.0-6.0
pH of normal random samples
pH 4.5-8.0
Reagents strip must be….
Package in opaque containers w/ dessicant
Clinical significance of pH
Acid base disorders
The precipitation of inorganic chemicals dissolved in the urine forms a
Urinary crystals and renal calculi
Principles of pH
Double-indicator system
Methy red produces a color?
pH?
Red to yellow
pH 4-6
Bromthymol blue produces a color?
pH?
Yellow to Blue
pH 5-9
Reagents of pH
Methy red and bromthymol blue
Clinical significance of protein
Renal disease
Clinical proteinuria is indicated (mg/dL)
30 mg/dL or greater (300 mg/L)
Is often associated w/ early renal disease
Proteinuria
Normal urine contains
Less than 10 mg/dL or 100 mg per 24 hrs
Produce by the renal tubular epithelial cells
Uromodulin
Another name for uromodulin
Tamm-horsfall protein
Caused by conditions affecting the plasma
Prerenal proteinuria
Associated with infection and inflammation
Acute phase reactants
Associated with true renal disease
Renal proteinuria
A persistent benign proteinuria occurs in young adults
Orthostatic proteinuria
Principle of protein
Protein error of indicators
Confirmatory test in protein
SSA (sulfosalicylic acid precipitation test)