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====Urine Assays==== | ====Urine Assays==== | ||
====Microscopic Examination==== | ====Microscopic Examination==== | ||
| + | =====Cellular Deposits===== | ||
| + | *Epithlial cells | ||
| + | **Renal | ||
| + | **Squamouns | ||
| + | **Transitional | ||
| + | *Leucocytes | ||
| + | *Red blood cells | ||
| + | **Intact | ||
| + | **Ghost | ||
| + | **Crenated | ||
| + | *Bacteria | ||
| + | *Other | ||
| + | **Fat droplets | ||
| + | **Yeast bodies | ||
| + | **Sperm | ||
| + | **Artefacts | ||
| + | =====Casts (Cylinduria)===== | ||
| + | *Hyaline | ||
| + | *Waxy | ||
| + | *Granular | ||
| + | *Cellular | ||
| + | *Fatty | ||
| + | *Haemoglobin | ||
| + | *Myoglobin | ||
| + | *Artefacts | ||
| + | **mucus threads | ||
| + | =====Crystalline and Amorphous Deposits===== | ||
| + | *Calcium carbonate | ||
| + | *Struvite | ||
| + | Calcium Oxalate | ||
| + | **Dihydrate | ||
| + | **Monohydrate | ||
| + | *Amorphous phosphate | ||
| + | *Leucine | ||
| + | *Tyrosine | ||
| + | *Cystine | ||
| + | *Amorphous urates | ||
| + | *Uric acid | ||
| + | *Sodium urate | ||
| + | *Dicalcium Phosphate | ||
| + | *Ammonium Biurate | ||
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====Culture and Sensitivity==== | ====Culture and Sensitivity==== | ||
===Interpretation=== | ===Interpretation=== | ||
Revision as of 11:51, 4 September 2008
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Rationale
Urine Analysis can be a quick and inexpensive method to determine abnormalities in a patient.
Techniques
Assessment
Gross Appearance
Specific Gravity
Urine Assays
Microscopic Examination
Cellular Deposits
- Epithlial cells
- Renal
- Squamouns
- Transitional
- Leucocytes
- Red blood cells
- Intact
- Ghost
- Crenated
- Bacteria
- Other
- Fat droplets
- Yeast bodies
- Sperm
- Artefacts
Casts (Cylinduria)
- Hyaline
- Waxy
- Granular
- Cellular
- Fatty
- Haemoglobin
- Myoglobin
- Artefacts
- mucus threads
Crystalline and Amorphous Deposits
- Calcium carbonate
- Struvite
Calcium Oxalate
- Dihydrate
- Monohydrate
- Amorphous phosphate
- Leucine
- Tyrosine
- Cystine
- Amorphous urates
- Uric acid
- Sodium urate
- Dicalcium Phosphate
- Ammonium Biurate