Urinalysis

Clinical urine tests are various tests of urine for diagnostic purposes. A urinalysis (UA) is one of the most common methods of medical diagnosis. The word is a portmanteau of the words urine and analysis.Other tests are urine culture (a microbiological culture of urine) and urine electrolyte levels.If the RBCs are of renal or glomerular origin (due to glomerulonephritis), the RBCs incur mechanical damage during the glomerular passage, and then osmotic damage along the tubules, so dysmorphic features appear. The dysmorphic RBCs in urine most characteristic of glomerular origin are called 'G1 cells', doughnut-shaped rings with protruding round blebs sometimes looking like Mickey Mouse's head (with ears). Clinical urine tests are various tests of urine for diagnostic purposes. A urinalysis (UA) is one of the most common methods of medical diagnosis. The word is a portmanteau of the words urine and analysis.Other tests are urine culture (a microbiological culture of urine) and urine electrolyte levels.