Hello!
I feel your pain. My remaining brain cell is often exhausted! I have popped some thoughts/answers below your questions below:
1/ Urine samples. I know they are supposed to be from multiple days but how does this work practically? We usually send out clients home with a uripet. Do you ask clients to mix everything in a big container and decant into a sample tube before bringing it in?
Or just get a bit of urine every day into the pottle?
Or something else?
when collecting from multiple days in the AM the main thing I would be looking at would be the USG. I would just get them to bring in a little bit of urine sample in to practice for USG. I would do these as individual samples and not pooled.
If you are asking owners for a home caught urine sample to measure UPC, that is a bit different. I would ask them to collect from 3 days and pool the samples.
2/ Sometimes you mention ‘let time pass then retest’. How much time? I’m guessing it depends on whether the pet is sick or well?
Totally depends on the pet and how sick. This is mostly applicable to cases of possible Cushing’s disease. If there is any uncertainty overall and there is not a rush for a diagnosis I would re-test in 2-4 weeks. Will depend on case however.
3/ Are we allowed to ask questions about things we are seeing in practice that have nothing to do with this week’s topic?
Of course! Ask away!
Scott 🙂
