Reference no: EM132687772
1. Given the following physical urinalysis results, determine potential causes, and identify which additional urinalysis results may also be abnormal
a. A green specimen with a strong foul odor of ammonia
b. A pale yellow urine with specific gravity of 1.030
c. A dark yellow urine with yellow foam
d. A cloudy red urine
2. A patient taken to the emergency department after an episode of syncope has a fasting blood glucose level of 450 mg/dL. Results of the routine urinalysis are as follows:
COLOR: Yellow KETONES: 2+
CLARITY: Clear BLOOD: Negative
SP. GRAVITY: 1.015 BILIRUBIN: Negative
pH: 5.0 PROTEIN: 15 mg/dL
GLUCOSE: 250 mg/dL NITRITE: Negative
CREATININE: 200 mg/dL LEUKOCYTE: Negative
a. Explain the correlation between the patient's blood and urine glucose results
b. What is the most probably metabolic disorder associated with this patient?
c. Considering the patient's condition, what is the significance of the patient's protein to creatinine ratio result?