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BOC Urinalysis - Body fluids - Lab management Questions and Answers Urine RR: Color - Yellow (light/pale to dark/deep amber) Clarity/turbidity - Clear or cloudy pH - 4.5-8 Specific gravity - 1.005-1.025 Glucose - ≤130 mg/d CSF glucose - 2/3 of glucose Ketones - None Nitrites - Negative ...

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BOC Urinalysis - Body fluids - Lab
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Urine RR: - answer Color - Yellow (light/pale to dark/deep amber)
Clarity/turbidity - Clear or cloudy
pH - 4.5-8
Specific gravity - 1.005-1.025
Glucose - ≤130 mg/d
CSF glucose - 2/3 of glucose
Ketones - None
Nitrites - Negative
Leukocyte esterase - Negative
Bilirubin - Negative
Urobilirubin - Small amount (0.5-1 mg/dL)
Blood - ≤3 RBCs
Protein - ≤150 mg/d
RBCs - ≤2 RBCs/hpf
WBCs - ≤2-5 WBCs/hpf
Squamous epithelial cells - ≤15-20 squamous epithelial cells/hpf
Casts - 0-5 hyaline casts/lpf
Crystals - Occasionally
Bacteria - None
Yeast - None

A 1:10 dilution is made on a CSF sample. Five squares on each side of the
hemacytometer are counted for a total of 10 squares and a total of 150 cells are
recorded. What is the count per microliter? - answer 1500

#cells counted x dilution / #large squares x 0.1

The oxidation of hemoglobin to methemoglobin in acidic urine after several hours may
cause which of the following color to produce? - answer Red to brown
porphobilinogen, hematuria, myoglobinuria, etc.

White: phosphates, other crystals
Yellow: bilirubin, bile pigments
Blue-green: Bacterial infections including urinary tract infection (UTI) by Pseudomonas

Which acid is most frequently used to precipitate protein for confirmatory urinalysis
tests? - answer Sulfosalicylic (SSA)

-measure protein concentration with turbidity
-detect albumin and globulins and Bence-Jones proteins

, -acidification of proteins which causes turbidity

What effect may bacterial contamination have on urine pH? - answer The bacteria
may make the pH more alkaline.

-pH >8: held non-preserved too long
-allows the multiplication of urea-splitting bacteria

A typical Bronchoalveolar lavage differential contains all the cells EXCEPT: - answer
Mesothelial cells

-lining cells for serous fluids
-typical include ciliated lining cells, macrophages, and lymphocytes

Which one of the following proteins in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is used to monitor the
integrity of the blood-brain barrier? - answer Albumin

ordinarily it is not found to any great extent in the central nervous system

What is generally accepted as the lower threshold value for semen pH from fertile
males? - answer 7.2

7.2-8

According to the lower normal reference limit stated by WHO, which of the following
sperm concentrations would be considered abnormally low? - answer 5 x 106
spermatozoa/mL

RR: 15 - 200 million

Which of the following areas of the brain and spinal cord is responsible for producing
CSF? - answer Choroid plexuses

CSF flows through the subarachnoid space
dura mater is part of the meninges
CSF is reabsorbed back in the blood capillaries in the arachnoid granulations

A patient presents to his family doctor with respiratory issues. He has a history of being
a heavy smoker for more than 20 years, so the physician orders a BAL cell count with
differential. Which of the following cells would most closely correlate with the patient's
medical history? - answer Macrophages with purple/black inclusions

heavy smoker for more than 20 years
cells contain hemosiderin aka siderophages

Macrophages with phagocytized red blood cells - removal in spleen

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