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====Urine Assays====
 
====Urine Assays====
 
====Microscopic Examination====
 
====Microscopic Examination====
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=====Cellular Deposits=====
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*Epithlial cells
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**Renal
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**Squamouns
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**Transitional
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*Leucocytes
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*Red blood cells
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**Intact
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**Ghost
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**Crenated
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*Bacteria
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*Other
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**Fat droplets
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**Yeast bodies
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**Sperm
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**Artefacts
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=====Casts (Cylinduria)=====
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*Hyaline
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*Waxy
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*Granular
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*Cellular
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*Fatty
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*Haemoglobin
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*Myoglobin
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*Artefacts
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**mucus threads
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=====Crystalline and Amorphous Deposits=====
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*Calcium carbonate
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*Struvite
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Calcium Oxalate
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**Dihydrate
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**Monohydrate
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*Amorphous phosphate
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*Leucine
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*Tyrosine
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*Cystine
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*Amorphous urates
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*Uric acid
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*Sodium urate
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*Dicalcium Phosphate
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*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

Culture and Sensitivity

Interpretation