Lee, Lucero, Macalintal, Magallanes, Maningas, Ombao, Pacifico

Initial Laboratory Tests  CBC  leukocytosis  Low Hgb, low Hct – bleeding (obstructive uropathy)  ESR  CRP

Urinalysis  Pyuria  With bacteriuria (≥10 5 /ml): highly sensitive indicator of UTI  Sterile pyuria  Atypical organisms: C. Trachomatis, U. Urealyticum, M. Tuberculosis  Non-infectious urologic conditions: calculi, anatomic abnormality, nephrocalcinosis, VUR, interstitial nephritis, polycystic disease  Gram-stained uncentrifuged urine (for empiric choice of antibiotic)  Leukocyte casts which form casts – characteristic of acute pyelonephritis  Hematuria – urolithiasis

Serum BUN and Creatinine  determine (reversible) renal damage

Two 24-h urine collections  calcium, sodium, phosphorus, magnesium, oxalate, uric acid, citrate, sulfate, creatinine, pH, and total volume

Comprehensive Metabolic Panel  serum calcium, uric acid, and phosphorus; parathyroid hormone level

Urine culture and sensitivity  No longer requested for uncomplicated acute cystitis  criterion standard for evaluation of a urinary tract infection (UTI) during pregnancy  results are often unavailable at the time of treatment

Blood culture  Severely ill patients

Imaging  The total dosage of ionizing radiation should not exceed 3-5 rads during the course of pregnancy

UTZ  cheap; no exposure to radiation or dyes  stones may not be identified due to hydronephrosis in pregnancy  typical acoustic shadowing

X-ray  one-shot pyelogram (ie KUB)  to identify stones obscured in renal ultrasound  can deliver rad

Helical CT scan  gold standard for urolithiasis in non- pregnant patients

Other Procedures  evaluation of fetal status: FHT

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