Urinalysis and Body Fluids Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update
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Urinalysis and body fluids
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Urinalysis And Body Fluids
A patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus will most likely have
-:- pale urine with high specific gravity
-High specific gravity is due to the glucose in the urine. People w/diabetes have polyuria, so
the volume of urine dilutes the urochrome (color), making it pale.
Urine specimen of a ...
✓ -:- myoglobin
**a protein that carries and stores oxygen in the muscle cells
Dark urine while standing may be due to
✓ -:- Homogentistic acid
Urine specimen from healthy 25 year old was cloudy after he ate a meal. Everything was
normal on reagent strip analysis. The cause of the cloudy turbidity is due to
✓ -:- Phosphates
-Since he is healthy, the turbidity is nonpathologic. After meals, urine is more alkaline;
referred to alkaline tide. Due to the pH, amorphous phosphate may be found
What metabolic disease will turn the urine dark brown to black upon standing
✓ -:- Alkaptonuria
- the uric acid with turn black on standing
Urine osmalaity is related to
✓ -:- Specific gravity
Urine specific gravity is an index of the ability of the kidney to
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