Interpretation of the Urinalysis (Part 2) - The Dipstick

An overview of the urine dipstick, including both how to check it as well as interpret the various possible findings.

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[asdelagua]

Great video. I would like to point out that ketonuria occurs before ketosis (excess of ketones are excreted in the urine and only when the kidneys are overwhelmed they start to accumulate in the blood), so meassuring ketone bodies in the urine is a good way to check if ketoacidosis is inminent.

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[bivoist]

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[maryonyegasioyem]

I stumbled here after searching all over for hours. i was trying to understand the fixed SG for AKI patient. I am so grateful. God bless you.

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[travisgreen]

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[lauragadille]

Wow thank you so much for this video. I don't know why I was struggling reading a urine test strip, now I know how to use it correctly.

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[caterscarrots]

I know of one other cause of a false positive heme test in urine. That is menstruation. Of course, if you are getting a urinalysis from a patient with a catheter, it isn't an issue. But if it is from your average female patient and she happens to be on her period when you get the urinalysis, then contamination with menstrual fluid will likely occur to the point that the urine looks red and turbid and thus any test for blood will be positive because the urine got contaminated by uterine bleeding.

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[beyondtheradio]

This reminded me of my disease IC. You should do a lecture on it. I get urinalysis' done frequently.

[Tismesue]

Hi, I know this is an old video but hopefully you will still see this. I haven't been well for a few years with ME/fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism and hypothalamic dysfunction. I have had very little thirst for years and can go all day without drinking or urinating so I thought it might be a good idea to keep an eye on my kidneys as far as I could. Plus I have very dark, cloudy urine a lot of the time. I bought some strips; when you have so many complaints you really don't want to bother doctors with every symptom or concern. I have been using them properly and have a photographic record.
No leukocytes or nitrites. Small traces of protein.
But this is the thing that puzzled me and I can't find any help in analysing it; 4 tests over 3 days in a row, my PH varied from right at the top of the scale to almost the bottom and back again, covering that range in one day.
Day 1 (17:30) - PH 8.5, Day 2 (13:55) - PH 5.5, Also Day 2 (22:19) - PH 8.5, Day 3 (12:02) - PH 5.5.
Day 2, low PH coincided with blood at +25
Both low PH results coincided with high SG.
I have done 2 tests at each time just to double check and because I have plenty of strips anyway.
If you can help explain what this might mean that would be fantastic. Let's say you've helped already as I now have this all typed out if I have to take to a doctor. 😊
I would really rather avoid that if it's not necessary, just to avoid that look on their face as soon as you start talking about taking medical matters into your own hands.

[afrahsari]

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I can say u re a life saver really
I recommend ur videos to all my class

[sowogo]

my lecturer used this video to guide us on UA, niceeee ✨✨

[ArtistRebeccaLS]

Have you heard of Turmeric powder and or ginger powder causes urine to be slightly very very pale fluorescent green ?

I only thought asparagus did this 😊

[MichelleDespres]

What if the color of a particular result on the strip doesn’t remotely match any of the test result colors displayed on the box?