URINALYSIS AND BODY FLUIDS EXAMS SET COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS HIGH SCORE PREPARATION

URINALYSIS AND BODY FLUIDS EXAMS SET
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS HIGH SCORE PREPARATION

●● An unidentified fluid is received in the laboratory with a request to
determine whether the fluid is urine or another body flui. Using routine
laboratory tests, which substances would determine that the fluid is
urine?
Answer: Urea and creatinine


●● The average daily output of urine is?
Answer: 1200ml


●● A patient presenting with polyurea, nocturea, polydipsia, and a low
urine specific gravity is exhibiting symptoms of what?
Answer: Diabetes insipidus


●● A patient with oligurea might progress to having?
Answer: Anurea


●● All of the following are characteristics of recommended urine
conatiners except?
Answer: A snap-on lid

, ●● Labels for urine containers are?
Answer: Placed on the container before collection


●● A urine specimen may be rejected from the laboratory for all of the
following except?
Answer: Requisition form states the specimen is catheterized


●● A cloudy specimen received in the laboratory may have been
preserved using?
Answer: refrigeration


●● For general screening, the specimen collected most frequently is a?
Answer: random one


●● The primary advantage of a first morning specimen, over a random
specimen is that it is?
Answer: more concentrated


●● If a routine urinalysis and culture are requested on a catheterized
specimen, then?
Answer: The culture is performed first