Urinalysis and Body Fluids 6th Edition by Majorie DiLorenzo, Susan Strasinger

Exercise 11

List the reasons for measuring urinary pH, and discuss their clinical applications.

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Reasons to measure urinary pH:

• To determine acid base disorders of the body that may be respiratory or metabolic origin

• To maintain urine condition at specific pH

• To detect incapability of kidney to reabsorb or secrete acid or base

• To trace out urinary tract infection

• To detect renal calculi