UA AND BODY FLUIDS

sternheimer-malbin stain function

ID Wbc, epithelial cells and casts

Oil Red O and Sudan 3 stain function

ID free fat droplets and lipid-containing cells or casts

Hansel stain function

ID eosinophils in the urine

Acute glomerulonephritis findings

protein

blood

RBCs

WBCs

hgb casts

Nephrotic syndrome findings

Protein (large)

casts (all kinds)

free fat

oval fat bodies

pyelonephritis findings

protein LE nitrite

WBCs WBC casts Bacteria

cysitis findings (bladder infection)

LE nitrite

WBCs bacteria possibly RBCs no casts

Acute interstitial nephritis findings

LE Blood Protein

WBCs WBC casts RBC casts no bacteria

fanconi syndrome findings

glucose protein low pH

bacterial meningitis findings

High WBC

neutrophils

increased protein

decreased glucose

increased lactate

viral mengiitits findings

increased WBC

lymphs

increase protein

normal glucose

normal lactate

mycobacterial mengititis findings

increased WBC

lymphs monos

increase protein

decrease glucose

increased lactate

weblike clot or pellicle

fungal mengitits findings q

increased WBCs

lymphs monos

increased protein

normal or decrease glucose

increased lactate

pos india ink and or cryptococcus neoformans antigen tests

effusion

abnormal accumulation of fluid in body cavity

serous fluid

fluid in pericardial, peritoneal and pleural cavities

pericardial fluid

heart

peritoneal fluid

abdominal cavity

pleural fluid

lungs

synovial fluid

joints

gout crystals

monosodium urate

pseudogout crystals

calcium pyrophosphate

what tests are ran for fetal lung maturity

L/S ratio

phosphatidylglycerol (PG)

foam stability index (shake test)

lamellar body count

test ran for neural tube defects

alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)