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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

Culture and Sensitivity

Interpretation