Urinary Sediment Analysis Quiz

Front

The number of fields that should be examined when quantitating urinary sediment constituents is:

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10

Front

A urine specimen is referred for cytodiagnostic urine testing to detect the presence of:

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Malignant cells

Front

Which of the following are reported as the quantity per low-power field?

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Cast

Front

The most probable structures to be stained by the Prussian blue stain are:

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Renal tubular epithelial cells

Front

The purpose of including glucose as a significant chemical parameter by a laboratory that performs macroscopic screening is to check for the presence of:

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Candida albicans

Front

A medical laboratory science student consistently obtains lower RBC counts than the instructor. A possible reason for this might be:

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Failure to completely resuspend the sediment specimen

Front

Substances found in the urinary sediment that can be confirmed using polarized light are:

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Lipids

Front

Using polarized microscopy, which of the following is/are birefringent?

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Cholesterol

Front

To detect the presence of casts, the sediment is examined using:

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Reduced light under low power

Front

A patient with severe back pain and 15 to 20 RBCs/hpf in the urine sediment may have:

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Renal calculi