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32 Cards in this Set
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What is the most frequent used sediment stain? |
Sternheimer Malbin |
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What sediment would be used from a patient with a drug induced allergic reaction? |
Hansles Stain |
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Using gram stain causes... |
Gram pos bacteria to stain blue |
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What is the primary constituent of all casts? |
Uromodulin |
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Which vast is the most difficult to observe macroscopicly? |
Hyaline |
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Which disorders are fatty casts frequently seen? |
Nephrotic Syndrome |
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What is the type of epithelial cells seen in epithelial cell casts? |
Renal Tubular |
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What crystals are seen in alkaline urine? |
-Triple phosphate -Calcium Carbonate -Ammonium biurate |
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A person who has ingested antifreeze may produce urine that contains? |
Calcium Monohydrate Crystals |
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A refrigerated urine specimens appearing to have a pink sediment contains... |
Amorphous Urates |
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Needle shaped crystals associated with liver disease are known as what? |
Tyrosine |
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Bacteria that are not accompanied by WBCs indicate what? |
An improperly preserved specimen |
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Red blood cells in a highly concentrated urine would.... |
Appear crenated |
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Why are yeast cells commonly seen in diabetic patients? |
Bc the urine is acidic and contains glucose |
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Dysmorphic RBCs are associated with what? Ima |
Glomerular bleeding |
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Images may require reduced light to visualize what? |
Bright Field |
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Substances found in urinary sediment that can be confirmed using polarized light |
Lipids |
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To detect the presence of casts, the sediment is examined using.. |
Reduced light under low power |
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Ghost RBCs most frequently occur w a urine specimen that exhibits what? |
High pH, and low specific gravity |
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An increase in urinary WBCs is called what? |
Pyuria |
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What is the primary factor that favors the formation of urinary casts? |
Urinary stasis |
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What element would most likely be found in acidic, concentrated urine that contains protein? |
Casts |
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Under polarized light what will exhibit the Maltese cross formation ? |
- oval fat bodies - starch granules - fatty casts |
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These images show varied intensities of light and dark and are surrounded by halos |
Phase contrast |
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These images appear bright or colored against a black background |
Birefringent |
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Produces 3-D images of a specimen |
Interference |
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These images appear bright against a dark background |
Dark field |
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Require a specific wavelength of light and possible staining of objects |
Fluorescence |
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Light is separated in to slow and fast moving Rays |
Compensated polarized light |
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The number of fields that should be examined when quantitating urinary sediment constituents is: |
5 |
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To standardize the sediment concentration for microscopic analysis, you must : |
Use only the urine tubes and pipets for a single commercial system |
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What is reported as the quantity per low power field? |
Casts |
