Recurrent Lower Urinary Tract Dz Flashcards
What clinical signs are considered recurrent lower urinary tract signs?
(Hematuria (technically can be upper or lower), stranguria, and pollakiuria)
Define a complicated UTI.
(A UTI involving a patient with an anatomic or functional abnormality, a UTI involving a patient with a comorbidities that predisposes to persistent infections (e.g. diabetes), and a patient who has had 3 or more UTIs in a year)
Define an uncomplicated UTI.
(A sporadic bacterial infection occurring in an otherwise healthy animal with a normal urinary tract and normal urinary tract function)
What is an example of a degenerative disease that can predispose a patient for recurrent LUT signs?
(CKD, urine is dilute and there may be glucosuria present)
What anatomical features can be predisposing factors for recurrent LUT signs?
(Being female, particularly with a hooded or tented vulva, and obese patients)
(T/F) The reason TCC and polyps are predisposing factors for recurrent LUT signs are the same.
(T, abnormal tissue harbors bacteria)
What is polypoid cystitis?
(Disease of the urinary bladder in dogs that is characterized by chronic inflammation, epithelial proliferation, and development of a polypoid mass or masses without histopathologic evidence of neoplasia)
(T/F) BPH cases usually have hematuria but not stranguria or pollakiuria.
(T, instead see tenesmus)
(T/F) Neutering protects against BPH/treats BPH.
(T, it is androgen dependent)
(T/F) Excess epithelial cells in a UA sample can indicate either a normal physiological response of the bladder to pathogens or neoplasia.
(T, aka just because there are increased epithelial cells does not equate to neoplasia immediately)
What is the purpose of giving an animal potassium citrate?
(It is a urine alkalinizing agent used to prevent the formation of calcium oxalate crystals)
What is a BRAF urine test used to test for?
(Bladder and prostate neoplasia)
