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Urinalysis
Christos Argyropoulos MD, PhD, FASNUniversity of New Mexico School of Medicine
URINALYSISTHE PISS PROPHETS
Reference (“normal”) values in UA •Color – Yellow (light/pale to dark/deep amber) •Clarity/turbidity – Clear or cloudy •pH – 4.5-8 •Specific gravity – 1.005-1.025 •Glucose - ≤130 mg/d •Ketones – None •Nitrites – Negative •Leukocyte esterase – Negative •Bilirubin – Negative •Urobilirubin – Small amount (0.5-1 mg/dL) •Blood - ≤3 RBCs •Protein - ≤150 mg/d •RBCs - ≤2 RBCs/hpf •WBCs - ≤2-5 WBCs/hpf •Squamous epithelial cells - ≤15-20 squamous epithelial cells/hpf •Casts – 0-5 hyaline casts/lpf •Crystals – Occasionally •Bacteria – None •Yeast - None
Urine color
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Odor• Infection, the most common cause of abnormal urine
odor
• production of ammonia by bacteria.
• Ketones may cause a fruity or sweet odor.
• Other disease Associations
• Maple syrup urine disease (maple syrup odor),
• Phenylketonuria (mousy odor),
• isovaleric acidemia (sweaty feet odor),
• hypermethioninemia (fishy odor).
Urine pH• Detected by a double indicator (methy red and bromthymo
blue) to give a broad range of colors• When measured with electrodes, normal pH is 4.5 – 7.8• Reagents strips should not be trusted outside the range of
5.5 – 7.5• High upH (>7)may indicate either infection or overgrowth
(prolonged storage) with urea-splitting organisms• Alkalic pH is seen with diuretics, vomiting, gastric suction
and bicarbonate therapy• Acidic upH(<5) is commonly seen in systemic acidosis• upH> 5-5.5 in the setting of systemic acidosis →RTA
Measures of Relative Density: Specific Gravity
• Determined by the number and size of particles in the urine
• Reagent strip contains a polymer which is saturated with Hydrogen ions. These are displaced by urinary cations=>change in local pH– Glucose and Urea DO NOT affect reagent strip SG– Poor correlation between SG and Urine osmolality– SG is falsely high when UpH<6, falsely low when
UpH>7• Isosthenuria: fixed SG @ 1.010 – clue to CKD in
real life and the boards
Measures of Relative Density: Urine Osmolality
• Biomarker of ADH action on the distal tubule• Measured directly with an osmometer• Under regular conditions, one would expect
each 35-40 mOsm/kg to increase SG by 0.001• Proteinuria, mannitol, dextrans and
radiographic contrast may affect osmolality• Used to investigate disorders of concentration
and dilution (more to follow)
Bilirubin & Urobilinogen
• Only conjugated bilirubin passes into the urine• Test for bilirubin will be positive in obstructive
jaundice, but negative in hemolysis• Urine urobilinogen is often positive in
hemolysis• None of them are great tests for liver disease
despite the high analytic sensitivity of the reagent
Leukocyte Esterase and Nitrates
Leukocyte Esterase• Esterases are
endoleukocyte enzymes released upon cell lysis
• Colorimetric detection• False (+) when ↑ lysis (+LE
w/o WBCs on microscopy)– ↑ storage, ↓ SG, ↓ UpH– Think about storage
conditions when w/u bacteriuria
Nitrates• Requires the presence of
nitrate reducing bacteria• The strip actually detects
nitrite not nitrate• Conversion of nitrate to
nitrite requires at least 4 hours, so inadequate bladder retention can give false –ve results
Energy Substrate MetabolismGlucose• Highly sensitive test based
on an oxidative reaction• Glucose is not normally
present in the urine• Presence indicates that the
plasma glucose is above the threshold of renal reabsorption (180-250 mg/dl) OR interference with this process:– Proximal tubulopathies (e.g.
Fanconi s)– SGLT2 inhibitors
Ketones• Acetoacetate and acetate
detected with the nitroprusside reaction (reduction reaction)
• Beta hydroxybutyrate is not detected via this reaction (and this is 80% of ketones in human ketotic states)
• Urine ketones may be +ve when serum test is –ve (nowadays indicates starvation ketosis)– used in the 70s as part of self-
monitoring for diabetes (much cheaper than glucometer strips)
• Alcoholic KA and DKA will also give +ve urine tests
Heme group detection (hemoglobin and myoglobin)
• Peroxidase type of reaction catalyzed by the heme moiety of either compound
• High oxidative states (e.g. betadine) or bacteria with pseudoperoxidase activity (Eenterobacteriaciae, Staph, Strep) will cause +ve reactions
• Normally haptoglobin binds both in serum• Large hemolysis/rhabdomyolysis will cause spillover
in urine• Positive test in the absence of RBCs in microscopy
suggest either rhabdo or hemolysis
False (+) and False Negative UA
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If a compound is detected via an oxidative reaction, then oxidative agents will cause +ve, reductive agents (e.g. ascorbic acid) false –ve results and vice versa
URINE MICROSCOPYMore than meets the eye
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All images from Core Curriculum Nephrology 2008
Pre-analytic considerations
• Elements will deteriorate rapidly so fresh fresh urine (within 2-5 mins of collection) should be examined
• A midstream specimen is preferred for examination
• 5-12 ml , centrifuged at 400 g(2000 rpm) x 5 min, remove supernatant by suction, pellet resuspended and specimen examined under phase contrast
Cells of the Urine Sediment
Renal Causes of Hematuria
Non Renal Causes of Hematuria
Hematuria Algorithm
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Hematuria and GU malignancy
Pretest probabilities Risk Factors for GU CA
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Types and clinical associations of casts in urine microscopy
Urinary crystals
Clinical Urine Microscopy Patterns
Figure 1
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Isomorphic RBCs
Dysmorphic RBCs
AcanthocytesProximal tubular cells
Glomerular hematuria: 10-80% dysmorphic RBCs or > 5% acanthocytes
Proximal RTEC
Leukocytes
Urothelial cells
Transitional cells
Figure 2
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Oval fat bodies (lipiduria as in nephrotic syndrome)
Figure 3
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Fine granular casts
Waxy cast
RBC castRenal Tubular Epithelial cast
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Muddy Brown Cast (ATN/AKI)
Maltese cross (fatty cast under polarized light)
Fatty cast (bright-field microscopy)
Bilirubin cast
Uric acid crystals
Calcium Oxalate Crystals
Calcium Phosphate Crystals
Figure 4
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Cholesterol crystals
Cystine (benzene shaped) crystals
Amoxycillin CrystalBenzene
Crystal
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