Exam 8: Urine Screening for Metabolic Disorders

Patients who have unusually fair complexions can be indicative for phenylketonuria because:

State what action the urinalysis supervisor could take in the following situations: -An employee questions the finding of a positive glucose on a yellow-blue urine from an underweight child with a normal blood glucose.

The finding of a "blue diaper" is indicative of a defect in the metabolism of:

Choose the characteristic odor for the following disorders: -Phenylketonuria

A patient diagnosed with Lesch-Nyhan disease can have all of the following conditions,except:

Mental retardation is a symptom of all of the following except:

In patients with alkaptonuria,the abnormal metabolite that is present in the urine is:

Select the appropriate screening test result for the following disorders: -Tyrosyluria

The most common cause of acquired porphyria is:

Choose the characteristic odor for the following disorders: -Isovaleric acidemia

Choose cystinuria or cystinosis as the best match for the following statements of the condition: -Fanconi syndrome

Confirmation of maple syrup urine disease is made on the basis of:

All of the following are primary porphyrins except:

A positive urine Clinitest reaction can be seen in patients with:

Initial screening for PKU performed on newborns before their discharge from the hospital uses a blood sample rather than a urine sample because:

Select the appropriate screening test result for the following disorders: -Hurler syndrome

GALT deficiency is a disorder affecting the metabolism of:

A negative reagent strip test for glucose and a positive Clinitest on a pregnant woman are associated with gestational diabetes.

A false-positive test for 5-HIAA may result if the patient:

The concept of vampires is associated with: