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what casts are assciated w/ nephrotic syndrome?

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fatty casts

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what does high specific gravity indicate?

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dehydration and shock

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what do transitional epithelial cells (urothelial cells) indicate?

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possible neoplasm

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what are the types of crystals?

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uric acid, calcium phosphate, cystine, struvite

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what do eosinophils indicate?

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allergy

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what does dipstick test for blood?

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erythrocytes, free hemoglobin, and myoglobin

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best ua sample

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clean catch, midstream, 1st morning void

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what do casts often suggest?

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renal parenchymal disease

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what do crenated RBCs indicate (shrunken/scalloped)?

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concentrated urine

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what casts are indicative of tubules that have become dilated and atrophic due to chronic parenchymal disease and end stage renal disease?

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broad casts

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what do squamous epithelial cells indicate?

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contamination >10/HPF repeat collecting

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what does protein in urine indicate?

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often first indication of renal disease, most sensitive to albumin

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what doest conjugated bilirubin suggest?

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hepatocellular disease

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specific gravity show what?

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hydration status and concentration ability of kidney, correlates well with urine osmolality

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what are struvite crystals?

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infection stones, need urease producing organisma such as proteus or klebsiella

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what appears as a pear shaped, flagellated organism?

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trichomonas

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what do you need to do to get microscopic urinanalysis?

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request micro, and examined at 10 high powered views

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what is nitrite?

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gram negative bacteria convert nitrate to nitrite, positive indicated bacterial infection, but negative does not rule out

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what do dysmorphic RBCs (irregular) indicate?

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nephritic syndrome

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what are ketones used for?

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screen for ketosis, diabetic ketoacidosis, can be elevated in starvation/fasting/carb free diet, post exercise, pregnancy

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where does urine acidify?

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DCT and collecting duct

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what number of erythrocytes is concerning on microscopy?

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> 3 RBCs per HPF, rule out menstruation

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false pos and negative for blood?

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false pos: menses

false neg: high ascorbic acid intake

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what do neutrophils indicate?

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bacterial infection

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when is BUN decreased?
liver disease, less ammmonia converted to urea
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what casts are characteristic of acute pyelonephritis?
WBCs
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when is BUN usually elevated?
chronic or acute renal failure, urinary obstuction, dehydration
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what does pyuria indicate overall?
urinary tract injury, may or may not be related to infection
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what does an increase in urobilinogen indicate?
hemolysis and hepatocellular disease (hepatitis and cirrhosis)
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what do renal tubular epithelial cells indicate?
diagnostic for ischemic or nephrotoxic acute tubular necrosis
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what casts suggest severe renal stasis and are seen in chronic renal failure?
waxy casts
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what is serum creatinine?
means of estimating GFR
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when is a BUN: creatinine ratio decreased?
intrinsic renal disease
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what is the most important parameter of renal function?
GFR
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in actue renal failure, if the FEna is >1%? what does that suggest?
INTRINSIC RENAL DISEASE: the kidney is losing sodium inappropriately
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when is BUN usually elevated?
chronic or acute renal failure, urinary obstruction, dehydration (reduced renal perfusion)
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what is leukocyte esterase?
produced by neutrophils, when positive indicated WBC in urine
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what are the two main mechanisms that control GFR?
blood flow in and out of glomerulus, and control of glomerular surface area
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what casts are characterisiticallly sen in acute tubular necrosis?
renal tubular epithelial cell casts, and granular "muddy brown" casts
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what is GFR?
amount of filtrate formed by both kidneys per minute
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what are you supposed to do if you see bacteria in a uncontaminated specimen?
get it cultured
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nitrite false positive?
gross hematuria, contamination
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what do you do if dpstick is positive for blood?
confirm w/ microscopic evaluation
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what does lower values of specific gravity indicate?
overhydration or impaired ability to concentrate urine
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what is considered a positive culture?
100,000 colony forming units
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what are cystine crystals?
hereditary cystinuria
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when is BUN: creatinine ratio elevated?
pre-renal and post renal azotemia (build up of waste)
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what are the hallmarks of glomerulonephritis?
red cell casts, bleeding from glomeruli or renal tubules)
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hyaline casts suggest what?
nothing, they are not specific for any renal disease
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in acute renal failure, if the kidney FEna <1% what does that suggest?
DECREASED PERFUSION: hypovolemia or dehydration and the kidney is retaing Na to increase intravascular volume
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how many leukocytes are concerning on microscopy?
>5 leukocytes/HPF considered pyuria
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fals pos and negative for leukocyte esterase?
false pos: specimen contamination | false neg: not waiting long enough prior to testing
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tools to calculate GFR?
cockroft gault, modification of diet in renal disease
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how long to use urine sample?
w/in 1 hour or refrigerate
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when is serum creatinine elevated?
acute or chronic renal failure, urinary tract obstruction
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when is fractional excretion of sodium FE na used?
acute renal failure, most accurate when the patient is oliguric
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what do round/ normal RBCs indicate?
disease along epithelial lining
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where are casts formed?
DCTs and collecting ducts
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what is the MC way of measuring GFR?
creatinine clearance
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what do cell ghosts RBCs (swollen) indicate?
dilute urine
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what drugs make the urine color orange?
phenazopyridine, nitrofurantoin, rifampin, metronidazole
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if you see transitional epthelial cells (urothelial cells) what do you need to do?
confirm w/ urinary cytology
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what makes the urine cloudy?
pyuria (pus in urine) or suspended crystals
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what is the gold standard for measring GFR?
clearance of injected carb. (inulin)
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benign glycosuria can be secondary to what?
heavy metal

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