Module 2 Flashcards
a watery, typically yellowish fluid stored in the bladder and discharged through the urethra.
urine
Identification of insoluble solutes in urine
microscopIc examination
Discovery of albuminuria by boiling urine
FREDERIK DEKKERS
Published a book revealing how charlatans were able to predict the patient’s health without medical credentials.
THOMAS BRYANT
His method of quantifying microscopic sediment
THOMAS ADDIS
He introduced the concept of urinalysis as part of the doctor’s routine patient examination in 1827.
RICHARD BRIGHT
1694
Taste testing and Ant testing was used to test sugar before.
FREDERIK DEKKERS
Presence of Albumin
White
Cloud-like flocculates
Urine is composed of
95% water and 5% solutes.
Major organic component of urine
UREA
Product of nucleic acid breakdown
URIC ACID
Raises specific gravity by hydrometer
Precipitates amorphous phosphates and urates
Refrigeration at 2-8 OC
Good preservative for sediments but precipitates proteins and acts as reducing agents
FORMALIN
Preserves ketones, proteins and reducing substances
TOLUENE
Preserves glucose and sediments well
Interfere with acid precipitation tests for protein, but it does not interfere with reagent strip test for protein.
THYMOL
Used for inhibiting bacterial growth
Inhibit bacterial growth
CHLOROFORM
Preserves sediments but interferes with pH readings
BORIC ACID
May precipitate crystals when used in large amounts
BORIC ACID
Specimen stability for transport 72 hours
If not protected from light will yield erroneous BILIRUBIN & UROBILINOGEN results
CHLORHEXIDINE
For drug analysis
SODIUM FLUORIDE
Does not interfere with routine test
Causes an odor change
Use 1 drop per ounce/ml of specimen
PHENOL
Urine is collected by passing through a hollow tube inserted through the urethra into the bladder
CATHETERIZED SPECIMEN
Introduction of needle through the abdomen into the bladder
SUPRAPUBIC ASPIRATIOM
Used to determine prostatic infections
THREE GLASS COLLECTION