Quiz Time!

Objectives:

1. The presence of a few crystals in urine is possible to healthy people. What is the condition if large amount of crystals are present in the urine?
2. True or False: Pregnancy is one predisposing factor for protein to be positive in the urine.
3. It is a serious condition of the patient if large amounts of ketones are present in his/her urine.
4. What is the normal color of the freshly voided urine in a healthy person?
5. What is the normal odor of your answer to # 4?
6. What will be the appearance of the urine if blood, sperm, bacteria, mucus are present in the urine?
7. The breakdown of nitrates to nitrites will show what type of infection?
8. True or False: Normally, a very little amount or no glucose at all present in the urine. But large amounts of glucose will indicate diabetes.
9. This are plugs of materials formed in tiny tubes of the kidney and get flushed out in the urine and this plugs can help to show what type of kidney disease is existing in the patient?.
10. True or False: A urine test can help find the cause of symptoms.

Case Analysis:

A 20 years old female is experiencing a frequent vomiting and starvation. She went in the hospital and the doctor asked her to have a urine test.

The results showed large amounts of ketones are present in her urine. What is a serious condition that may be present in the patient based on the results of urine test?