Talk:Urinalysis

Hair

"hair may be tested for drug residue that is months or years old" - drug test only mentions months, not years in its table? (clem 19:15, 4 May 2005 (UTC)) what's the relevance of screening for drugs in hairs in an article about urinalysis ? wikipedia at domn dot net

Viruses

Can viruses be detected in urine? -Fsotrain09 22:01, 8 July 2006 (UTC)was

"Problems" section

I refuse to degrade myself in this fashion, and I never will. The following comments should be regarded as constructive criticism and are in no way an attack on the author, who did a fine job otherwise.

Under the "problems" section, while the arguments about private drug use mentioned in the article are certainly relevant, it would nice if there was at least a link to the numerous privacy and dignity issues that have nothing whatsoever to do with drug use, specifically the inherent dehumanizing aspects of submitting to such an invasive search for nonmedical reasons, the embarrassing and degrading nature of such tests themselves, the degree of personal information inherent in one's personal chemistry, the obvious potential for abuses (there are, of course, documented instances), and finally, the inherent unreliabilty of urinalysis in the workplace context, depending on which test is used, chain of custody etc. In the event something is "found," there is also a side issue, particularly in the private employment context, are to whether employers should be empowered to function essentially as DEA agents, wherein the punishment is refusal to employ. The lowered standard of evidence would seem to argue against the wisdom of this, even if the ensuing sanction is not comparable (yes, I am aware of the difference between public and private employment, and "employment-at-will"; I'm talking about ethics, and what as a society we are willing to tolerate).

I regret not being a expert on the subject (I DO know quite a bit, but. . .). Nonetheless, if no one steps forward, I will consider offering some well-considered and hopefully fair revisions.

I would belatedly note that these comments might better be aimed at the "drug test" entry (which has some real howlers), but I think the process is better referred to as urinalysis anyway; "drug test" is a self-evident misnomer. Sorry, but I deleted the soap box rant. It is not appropriate nor germain to the topic, Urinalysis (which is a specific medical test). Even if personal political opinion was appropriate in an encylopedia, it is under the wrong subject heading. You can create a topic of toxicology testing if you want.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.77.126.50 (talk) 10:01, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

microscopic examination - urinary casts

In this section are you able to add a link to another wikipedia page that further discusses urinary casts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinary_casts

86.31.154.76 (talk) 11:37, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Y Done --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:21, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Just wondering if anyone had noticed this...."hCG detection in girlfriends is harmful for men and increases heart rate." Kind of funny, but not sure if someone should remove it? It's clearly meant to be a joke :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.35.135.136 (talk) 03:09, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

normal ranges

Could we have a table or link to normal ranges of things tested for in urine ? Rod57 (talk) 23:41, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Good call. I don't have time right now but I found some values here: http://books.google.ca/books?id=1EVty0DlJIkC&pg=PA724&lpg=PA724&dq=urinalysis+normal&source=web&ots=3XjR_vqGJ8&sig=Q0lOWCjtiqremd5M0s4WOiiSXzk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result Horus (talk) 03:34, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

I've just added a picture of a Urinalysis report. It's not complete so if anyone has a better one, or a chart of normal values go ahead and replace it. Horus (talk) 04:01, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Typo...

In the table under "medical urinalysis" the thirs row "free catecholamines" has some unusual units. mg/d?? should it be mg/dL? I can't confirm this from the source, as i don't see the data (i had a look round, but it may be the site has changed since data retreival), but at the same time i can't think of another unit that may be used. Should it be changed to mg/dL? Wuku (talk) 13:05, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the request for clarification. The d is for day, that is, 24 hours. I changed it to 24 hours just to clarify. Mikael Häggström (talk) 17:08, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Merge Urine test strip into Urinalysis

I think the contents of these articles overlap too much to justify having separate articles, and each piece of information is better presented together with those of the other article for better understanding. Mikael Häggström (talk) 17:14, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

On second thought, they are probably distinct enough to motivate separate articles. The urine test strip is one of several methods of urinalysis. I'll make some changes to make the distinction more clear. Mikael Häggström (talk) 11:28, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Clarity issues

Two sentences in the ions and trace metals section are confusing. Firstly, for sodium we read that, "The sodium levels are frequently ordered during the workup of acute renal failure"; secondly, for potassium, we see that, "Urine potassium may be ordered in the workup of hypokalemia." I don't understand what is meant by "may be ordered" - is this suggesting under which clinical situations these tests are generally used? If so, I think that a re-wording would be useful that makes this clear. I would make the changes myself, but I'm not sure of the desired meaning.Jimjamjak (talk) 15:59, 15 December 2011 (UTC)