A 17-year-old girl decided to go on a starvation diet. After 1 week of...
A patient has glucosuria, hyperglycemia and polyuria. These findings...
False results in urobilinogen testing may occur if the urine specimen...
Which of the following urine results is most apt to be changed by...
The yellow color of urine is primarily due to:
Red urine may be due to:
Urine that develops a port wine color after standing may contain:
Milky urine from a 24-year-old woman would most likely contain:
After receiving a 24 hour urine for quantitative total protein...
Routine screening of urine samples for glycosuria is performed...
Calibration of refractometers is done by measuring the specific...
A clean-catch urine is submitted to the laboratory for routine...
While performing an analysis of a baby's urine, the technologist...
Which of the following casts is most likely to be found in healthy...
Antidiuretic hormone regulates the reabsorption of:
Cessation of urine flow is defined as:
Urine from a 50-year-old man was noted to turn dark red on standing....
Urine osmolality is related to:
Normal urine primarily consists of:
The principal mucin in synovial fluid is:
A brown-black urine would most likely contain:
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Upon standing at room temperature, a urine pH typically:
Urine reagent strips should be stored in a(n):
The protein section of the urine reagent strip is most sensitive to:
Osmolality is the measure of:
The normal renal threshold for glucose in the adult is approximately:
Urine samples should be examined within 1 hour of voiding because:
A urine specimen is analyzed for glucose by a glucose oxidase reagent...
In addition to the sperm count in a fertility study, analysis of...
Which of the following crystals may be found in acidic urine?
Which of the following would be affected by allowing a urine specimen...
What cell is most commonly associated with vaginal contamination?
A patient urine sample has an increased protein and a high specific...
The volume of urine excreted in a 24-hour period by an adult patient...
The principle of the reagent strip test for urine protein depends on:
Prior to reporting a red blood cell cast, it is important to observe:
A urine speciment comes to the laboratory 7 hours after it is...
Whic of the following is an abnormal crystal described as a hexagonal...
Urine specific gravity is an index of the ability of the kidney to:
The pH of a urine specimen measures the:
A technologist is having trouble differentiating between red blood...
EGFR calculated by the MDRD formula takes into account the age, BUN,...
Acid urine that contains hemoglobin will darken on standing due to the...
The purpose for routinely screening diabetes mellitus patients for...
A positive result for bilirubin on a reagent strip should be followed...
A physician attempts to aspirate a knee joint and obtains 0.1 mL of...
Isosthenuria is associated with a specific gravity which is usually:
The fluid leaving the glomerulus normally has a specific gravity of:
An ammonia-like odor is characteristically associated with urine from...
Which of the following casts is most indicative of end stage renal...
The advantage of using phase microscopy in urinalysis is to:
Granular casts found in the urine of a football player admitted to the...
A urine's specific gravity is directly proportional it its:
A urinalysis performed on a 2-week-old infant with diarrhea shows a...
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Which of the following can give a false-negative urine protein...
An abdominal fluid is submitted from surgery. The physician wants to...
The primary component of most urinary calculi is:
The finding of a large amount of uric acid crystals in a urine...
A 24-hour urine from a man who had no evidence of kidney impairment...
A turbid cerebrospinal fluid is most commonly caused by increased:
Hyaline casts are usually found:
A test area of a urine reagent strip is impregnated with only sodium...
A 62-year-old patient with hyperlipoproteinemia has a large amount of...
A white precipitate in a urine specimen with a pH of 7.5 would most...
Which of the following crystals appear as fine, silky needles?
In most compound light microscopes, the ocular lens has a...
All casts typically contain:
A technologist performed a STAT microscopic urinalysis and reported...
A reagent strip test for blood has been reported positive. Microscopic...
In which of the following metabolic diseases will urine turn dark...
An antidiuretic hormone deficiency is associated with a:
The clarity of a urine sample should be determined:
The presence of leukocytes in urine is known as:
A 2-year-old child had a positive urine ketones. The would most likely...
A patient's urinalysis revealed a positive bilirubin and a...
Use of a refractometer over a urinometer is preferred due to the fact...
When identifying urine crystals, which reagent strip result is most...
Microscopic analysis of a urine specimen yields a moderate amount of...
A woman in her ninth month of pregnancy has a urine sugar which is...
Which of the following components are present in serum but not present...
The results of a urinalysis on a first morning specimen are:...
To prepare the reagent used in confirmatory protein technician, a...
Using polarized light microscopy, which of the following urinary...
A 59-year-old man is evaluated for back pain. Urine studies show:...
The following lab values were obtained on a body fluid sample:...
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Which of the following urinary parameters are measured during the...
The normal glomerular filtration rate is:
The reason for performing a Clinitest on a newborn's urine is to...
Failure to observe RBC casts in a urine specimen can be caused by:
The creatinine clearance is reported in:
The confirmatory test for a positive protein result by the reagent...
To prepare a solution appropriate for quality control of the...
To avoid falsely elevated spinal fluid cell counts:
A 21-year-old woman had glucose in her urine with a normal blood...
Myoglobinuria is most likely to be noted in urine specimens from...
Clue cells are a form of:
A patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus will most likely have:
The following urinalysis results were obtained from an 18-year-old...
The urine microscopic constituents that best differentiate between...
Which of the following reagents is used to react with ketones in the...
When performing a routine urinalysis, the technologist notes a 2+...
A patient admitted following an accident involving massive crush...
A reagent strip area impregnated with stabilized, diazotized 2,...
Which of the following exhibits rapid motility in urine sediment?
The synovial fluid easily forms small drops from the aspirating...
A urine specimen is tested and has the following results:...
Spherical urothelial cells may be confused with:
The urinary tract structures responsible for renal concentration are...
To distinguish between a clump of WBC's and a WBC cast, it is...
Synovial fluid is analyzed with a polarizing microscope. Strongly...
Microalbumin can be measured by a random urine collection. An increase...
The sediment of a urine specimen with a reagent strip glucose of 250...
Tiny, colorless, dumb bell shaped crystals were found in an alkaline...
Oval fat bodies are:
A urine tested with Clinitest exhibits a passthrough reaction and is...
A sperm count is diluted 1:20 and 50 sperm are counted in 2 large...
Identify the formed element in this photomicrograph:
Which of the following positive chemical reaction is most closely...
Which of the following aids in differentiating a spherical...
The following results were obtained one a urine speciment at 8:00 am:...
The area of the nephron that is impermeable to water is the:
Pleural transudate differe from pleural exudates in that transudates...
The following urine results were obtained on a 25-year-old female:...
A urine specimen with an elevated urobilinogen and a negative...
A urinalysis performed on a 27-year-old woman yields the following...
The method of choice for performing a specific gravity measurement of...
Refractive index is a comparison of:
Identify this crystal:
Cholesterol crystals will most likely be observed in urine that...
The most accurate test to determine renal concentration in:
The presence of this element in urine indicates the presence of:
When using the sulfosalicylic acid test, false-positive protein...
Ghost red blood cells are seen in urine that is:
Ammonium sulfate was added to red urine. The urine had a positive...
Ketones in the urine are due to:
An eosinophil count may be requested on urine from a patient with...
Which of the following contaminants has a dimpled center and will...
Excess urine on the reagent test strip can turn a normal pH result...
Which of the following cells is most likely to be seen in the urine...
A patient with renal tubular acidosis would most likely excrete a...
After warming, a cloudy urine clears. This is due to the presence of:
Following ingestion of ethylene glycol (antifreeze) numerous crystals...
Bilirubinuria may be associated with:
The reason that an albumin:creatinine ratio can be run on random...
A microscopic examination of urine sediment reveals ghost cells. These...
Glitter cells are a microscopic finding of:
The possibility of detecting glitter cells is associated with urine...
A urine specimen collected on an apparently healthy 25-year-old man...
Glycosuria may be due to:
The following crystal is found in:
The best way to lower the light intensity of the microscope is to:
To prepare the reagent used for mucin clot determination of synovial...
Bacteria are considered significant in the urine sediment when the:
Epithelial cell casts are most indicative of:
Which of the following casts most frequently appears to have a brittle...
The normal concentration of proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid,...
Alkaline urine showed this microscopic finding:
A specimen with a negative nitrate reaction and a positive leukocytes...
Pleural fluid from a patient with congestive heart failure would be...
Which of the following factors will not interfere with the reagent...
When employing the urine reagent strip method, a false-positive...
Identify the formed element in this photomicrograph:
In a specimen with a large amount of bilirubin, which of the following...
Polarized light can often be used to differentiate between:
Failure of the nephron to produce ammonia will result in a urine with...
What is the most likely diagnosis given this microscopic finding?
The principle of the reagent strip test for microalbuminuria is:
What of the following is consistent with this urine microscopic...
Which of the following crystals is seen in an amber urine with a...
Reagent strip tests for ketones measure primarily:
What is the most likely diagnosis given this microscopic finding?
Which of the following is the primary reagent in the copper reduction...
Polyuria is usually correlated with: