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Last updated: 11/24/2009

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Routine urinalyses are performed for several reasons:

  • general health screening to detect renal and metabolic diseases
  • diagnosis of diseases or disorders of the kidneys or urinary tract
  • monitoring of patients with diabetes

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addition, quantitative urinalysis tests may be performed to help diagnose many specific disorders, such as endocrine diseases, bladder cancer, osteoporosis, and porphyrias (a group of disorders caused by chemical imbalance). Quantitative analysis often requires the use of a timed urine sample. The urinary microalbumin test measures the rate of albumin excretion in the urine using laboratory tests. This test is used to monitor the kidney function of persons with diabetes mellitus. In diabetics, the excretion of greater than 200 ?g/mL albumin is predictive of impending kidney disease.


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While it may seem automatic, the release of urine from the urinary bladder requires a fairly complex coordination of several muscles. The animation shows the process involved in release of urine from the bladder.

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A urinalysis (or "UA") is an array of tests performed on urine and one of the most common methods of medical diagnosis. A part of a urinalysis can be performed by using urine dipsticks, in which the test results can be read as color changes.


From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinalysis

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In 2000, the estimated number of doctor visits and outpatient hospital visits by adults aged 20 or older with “calculus of kidney and ureters” as a listed diagnosis was of 2 million visits with urolithiasis as the primary diagnosis.


From: NKUDIC

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