Urinalysis Exam 2

Chemical properties and tests

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Which type of proteinuria will usually not be associated with a pathological process?
Orthostatic
If a patient has 500 mg/dL glucose in her urine which of the following result patters for the multistix strip and clinitest is possible?
Multistix 500 mg/dL clinitest 1/2%
This same patient starts taking megadoses of vitamin C for her cold so that her urine glucose is still 500 mg/dL nd her urine level of vitamin C is 500 mg/dL. How will addition of vitamin c change her urinalysis result pattern?
Multistix 250 mg/dL and clinitest 1%
A patient is taking a statin medication to lower his cholesterol. one of the warnings on the package insert is that this medication can cause damage to his liver and muscles. His muscles do start to feel very sore in the second month of taking the medication. Which urinalysis result could be a sign of what is happening to his muscles?
Blood = moderate
A possible cause of obtaining a 30 mg/dl protein result on the stix and a 4+ result using 3% ssa is
Presence of bence jones proteins
What would the effect be of a patient having 500 mg/dL of ascorbic acid in h is urine specimen for the clinitest
A false increase
What would the effect be of a patient having 500 mg/dL of ascorbic acid in his urine specimen for the ketone (stix)
No effect
What would thte effect be of a patient having 500 mg/dL of ascorbic acid in his urine for blood?
False decrease
What would the effect beb of a patient having 500 mg/dL of ascorbic acid in his urine for pH
No effect
The pH indicator in the protein area of the dipstick is
Tetrabromphenol blue
The sensitivity of the protein area on the dipstick is
15-30 mg/dL albumin
The sensitivity of the glucose area of the mutlistix is
50-100 mg/dL glucose
Vitamin c interferes with the protein method on the stix, t or f?
T
Vitamin c gives a false increase or decrease for glucose (stix)
Decrease
Vitamin c gives a false increase or decrease for glucose on the clinitest?
Increase