Analysis of Abnormal Constituents of Urine

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Abnormal constituents of

Urine
ABNORMAL CONSTITUENTS IN URINE

• Physical examination
• Chemical tests
• Proteins
• Blood
• Reducing substances
• Ketone bodies
• Bile salts
• Bile pigments

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Test for proteins
• Sulfosalicylic acid test
• Heat and acetic acid test
• Normal quantity of protein in urine
• <150 mg/day
• Tamm horsfall protein, IgA
• Lysozyme, light chains of Ig
Albumin
<30mg/day-normal
30-300mg/day-
microalbuminuria
>300 mg/day-
macroalbuminuria 3
Test for proteins
• Screening for microalbuminuria
• 5 years- type1 DM
• Type 2 DM
• Potent marker- renal disease

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Test for proteins

PROTEINURIA

Glomerular Tubular Overflow


Proteinuria Proteinuria Proteinuria

Selective Non-Selective
Proteinuria Proteinuria

• Orthostatic proteinuria

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Test for proteins
Selective
proteinuria

• Loss of negative
charge
• Albumin
• Nephrotic
syndrome

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Test for proteins

Non-Selective
proteinuria

• Greater damage to
the glomerulus
• Larger proteins
α -2-
macroglobulin,Igm,IgG
• Focal segmental
glomerulosclerosis
• SLE

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Test for proteins

Tubular proteinuria

Tubulointerstitial
diseases
PCT,Interstitium
Ischemia
Acute interstitial
nephritis
Analgesics

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Test for proteins

Overflow
proteinuria

Excess of LMW
proteins like
Hb,Myoglobin,light
chains of
immunoglobulins as in
multiple myeloma

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Test for blood
• ORTHO TOLIDINE TEST
• Haem-peroxidase like activity
• O-tolidine-oxygen- transient dark green colour.
• Urine-boiled-peroxidase-pus cells
• 6 drops of freshly prepared O – tolidine
• 2 drops of glacial acetic acid
• 6 drops of hydrogen peroxide
• 4 drops of urine
• Benzidine test

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Test for blood
• Hematuria causes
• Stones
• Neoplasms
• Tuberculosis
• Trauma
• Prostatitis
• Hemoglobinuria
• Severe exertion
• Hemolytic anemia
• Malaria
• Mismatched blood transfusion,viper bite
• Myoglobinuria
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Test for reducing substances
• Reducing substances
• Glucose
• Fructose
• Galactose
• Lactose
• Pentoses - prunes, cherries, grapes

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Test for reducing substances
• Benedict test
• Composition
• Principle
• False positive

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Test for reducing substances
• Uric acid
• Ascorbic acid
• Hippuric acid
• Oxalic acid
• Homogentisic acid
• Glucuronic acid
• Ketone bodies
• Isoniazid
• Salicylates
• Creatinine
• Cysteine
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Test for ketone bodies
• Rothera test
• Ammonium sulphate
• Sodium nitroprusside
• Ammonium hydroxide
• Gerhardt test
• Ferric chloride
• wine-red colour
• Salicylate

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Test for bile salts
• Hay’s test
• Pettenkofer test

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Test for bile pigments
• Fouchet test
• Procedure
• Reagent
• Principle
• Causes
• GMELIN’S NITRIC ACID TEST

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Urine dipsticks

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Urine Dipstick

• Glucose – glucose oxidase peroxidase – blue green color

• Protein – tetrabromophenol blue buffered at pH 3 – yellow in

absence of protein – blue green color


ABNORMAL CONSTITUENTS IN URINE

• Physical examination
• Chemical tests
• Proteins
• Blood
• Reducing substances
• Ketone bodies
• Bile salts
• Bile pigments

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