CASE S TUD Y on Thursday morning, Mr. Strickland, a healthy-appearing 62-year-ol

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CASE S TUD Y on Thursday morning, Mr. Strickland, a healthy-appearing 62-year-old patient, brought a 24-hour urine specimen to the laboratory. He related that he had begun the collection on Wednesday morning and had just completed collection that morning. Alice, the labo ratory technician, measured the urine volume and found it to be 550 mL. 1. This 24-hour urine volume is: a. Within the reference range b. Greater than the reference range c. Less than the reference range 2. The correct procedure for Alice to follow is: a. The urine volume is acceptable: Alice should forward the required volume of urine b. The c. The urine volume is suspect, and Alice should call Mr. Strickland's physician's office d. Both b and c are correct to chemistry for the 24-hour test to be performed. he collected the specimen. and inquire whether any known condition could affect his urine volume. urine volume is suspect, and Alice should question Mr. Strickland about how

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Ans 1 : c) Less than the referance range

The referance range for the urine volume is 800 to 2000 millilitres in a day.

Ans 2 d) Both b and c are correct

Since the volume of urine is less than the reference range , there is possibility that Mr Strickland might have collected the urine in a wrong way or there could also be disorder that the Mr Strickland is facing that has reduced his urine volume.

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