urinalysis
Sign in to saveUrinalysis, a portmanteau of the words urine and analysis, is a panel of medical tests that includes physical (macroscopic) examination of the urine, chemical evaluation using urine test strips, and microscopic examination. Macroscopic examination targets parameters such as color, clarity, odor, and specific gravity; urine test strips measure chemical properties such as pH, glucose concentration, and protein levels; and microscopy is performed to identify elements such as cells, urinary casts, crystals, and organisms.
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- Procedures in urinalysis. Left: A urine test strip is immersed into the sample. Top right: Urine is about to be examined under a phase-contrast microscope using a Neubauer counting chamber. Bottom right: Phase-contrast microscopic image showing many white blood cells in the urine (pyuria).
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- Urinalysis
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32 sectionsContents
- Background
- Medical uses
- Specimen collection
- Macroscopic examination
- Color and clarity
- Smell
- Specific gravity
- Urine test strip
- Blood
- White blood cells
- Nitrite
- Protein
- pH
- Specific gravity
- Glucose
- Ketones
- Bilirubin
- Urobilinogen
- Microscopic examination
- Red blood cells
- White blood cells
- Epithelial cells
- Casts
- Crystals
- Organisms
- Other elements
- Interpretation
- History
- See also
- References
- Works cited
- External links
Urinalysis, a portmanteau of the words urine and analysis, is a panel of medical tests that includes physical (macroscopic) examination of the urine, chemical evaluation using urine test strips, and microscopic examination. Macroscopic examination targets parameters such as color, clarity, odor, and specific gravity; urine test strips measure chemical properties such as pH, glucose concentration, and protein levels; and microscopy is performed to identify elements such as cells, urinary casts, crystals, and organisms.
==Background==