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  • What is this a picture of and how might this container be used?
    Sterile urine cup, for CC mid stream urine (Clean Catch Mid Stream Urine) and for Culture and Sensitivity (C&S)
  • What is the function of diuretics? Can you name some diuretics using Moini text?
    remove/promote water loss from body, in form of urine. Name a few diuretics? Find Lasix, hydrochlorothiazide, or thiazide drugs, Furosemide, in Moini
  • What is this a picture of?
    A bloody urine. Although it is ok to have a few red blood cells upon microscopic exam, this is gross hematuria.
  • What is the functional unit of the kidney and what does it do?
    The functional unit of the kidney is the nephron, responsible for filtration, reabsorption, and secretion of urine.
  • The term of protein losing kidney refers to:
    nephrotic syndrome
  • Acute glomerulonephritis includes the following as S&S. edema, hematuria, urine protein, decreased urinary output
    True
  • What is a KUB, and what might it be useful in diagnosing?
    Kidney Ureter Bladder X-ray, "stones" https://www.medicinenet.com/kidney_stones/article.htm
  • What is a urinalysis (UA) test?
    Urine evaluation: gross examination such as color, chemical properties such as glucose and protein, microscopic properties such as rbc's, wbc's, bacteria
  • What is surgical crushing of a "stone"?
    Lithotripsy
  • What can you recall about polycystic kidney disease?
    There is no cure, it is an enlarged kidney, may lead to kidney failure, inherited
  • What may cause stress incontinence?
    Some answers are: weakened pelvic floor muscles, trauma, childbirth, aging, meds, obesity
  • To evaluate the urinary system, one would utilize:
    urinalysis (UA) test, and blood tests such as BUN (blood urea nitrogen), CMP (comprehensive metabolic panel)
  • Is it ok to have a bit of sugar in urine?
    No, if there is sugar in urine, it should be repeated, and a blood sugar ordered.
  • What is this a picture of?
    24 hour urine collection container. Often used to check for protein. You should NOT have protein in urine.
  • If one has a kidney stone, what may be found in urine?
    Occasionally stones are found in urine, however another issue is blood due to trauma of the stone moving within the tract.