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what the risks are male urinary system, hyaline cast, granular casts, renal tubular casts, waxy casts, casts, in the urine, fatty casts, epithelial casts, tubules, in the kidneys secrete proteins, under some circumstances, proteins precipitate out to form little cylindrical impressions, the tubules, casts, in the tubules, gets trapped, in the protein casts, offers a "snap shot", the tubular lumen, time of cast formation, collect a "clean-catch", midstream, urine sample, obtain a clean-catch sample, men, boys should wipe clean the head, the penis, women, girls need to wash the area between the lips, the vagina, soapy water, rinse well, start to urinate, allow a small amount to fall, toilet bowl, clears the urethra of contaminants, clean container, catch, 1 to 2 ounces of urine, remove the container, urine stream, give the container, assistant, in infants, thoroughly wash the area around the urethra, open a urine collection bag, a plastic bag, an adhesive paper on one end, place it on infant, males, entire penis, in the bag, adhesive attached, skin, females, bag, over the labia, place a diaper over the infant, bag, check baby frequently, remove the bag, infant has urinated into it, active infants, take a couple of attempts, lively infants, displace the bag, causing an inability, obtain the specimen, urine is drained into a container, transport back, no special preparation is necessary, collection is taken, infant, a couple of extra collection bags necessary, test involves only normal urination, no discomfort, test is performed, whether the kidneys, functioning properly, to check, certain conditions, kidney infections, glomerular diseases, interstitial kidney diseases , different types of casts, below, presence of a few "hyaline" casts is normal, abnormal results, hyaline casts, casts, the protein, dehydration, exercise, diuretic medicines, granular casts, casts include prominent granules, indicate an underlying kidney disease, non-specific, diverse kidney disorders, fatty casts, fatty, lipid, material is incorporated, cast from lipid-laden tubular cells, fatty casts, in the condition of lipiduria, lipids in urine, a complication of nephrotic syndrome, red cell casts, signify bleeding, tubule, glomerulus, seen in many diseases affecting the glomerulus, iga nephropathy, lupus nephritis, goodpasture's syndrome, wegener's granulomatosis, red cell casts, degenerate, appear, in the urine, reddish-brown, coarsely granular casts, blood, hemoglobin casts, white blood cell, wbc, casts, more common in interstitial cell kidney disease, interstitial inflammation, pyelonephritis, parenchymal infection, renal tubular epithelial cell casts, reflect damage, tubules, seen in renal tubular necrosis, nephrotoxic drugs, heavy metal poisoning, ethylene glycol, viral disease, cmv nephritis, transplant rejection, waxy casts, casts, advanced kidney disease, chronic kidney failure, acute nephritic syndrome, glomerulonephritis, chronic, glomerulonephritis, post-streptococcal, glomerulonephritis, rapidly progressive, complicated urinary tract infection, necrotizing vasculitis, rhabdomyolysis, primary amyloid, secondary amyloid, systemic lupus erythematosus, no risks, best way to look, casts, examine freshly voided urine, preferably the first morning urine sample.



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