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

Exercise 63

Urinalysis on a patient with severe back and abdominal pain is frequently performed to check for:

A. Glucosuria

B. Proteinuria

C. Hematuria

D. Hemoglobinuria

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Patients having severe abdominal and back pain are prone to have renal calculi.

• Urinalysis is carried out in these patients in laboratory.

• Patients with renal calculi can have hematuria in tiny to moderate level, but hematuria presence is significant for the diagnosis.

Renal calculi:

• Renal calculi or kidney stones made of crystals in solid mass, originates in kidney but found at urinary tract.

Hematuria:

• Existence of RBC (Red Blood Cells) (blood) in urine caused by glomerular diseases, renal calculi, tumors, toxic chemical exposure, anti-coagulant therapy and trauma.

Therefore, “hematuria” is checked frequently in urinalysis in patients with severe back and abdominal pain. Hence, the correct answer is option.