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10 years ago
please help.
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10 years ago
Starvation or protracted vomiting can give a positive urine ketone test.

Ketones occur when your body is breaking down fats instead of carbohydrates for energy.
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10 years ago
thanks but what else affect it? is that it?
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sunshine2001 Author
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10 years ago
that's why Im confuse?Neutral Face Face with Rolling Eyes theres a lot of things that I can think off, like electrolyte imbalance right? the pH and metabolic and what about specific gravity? can all these affect the urinalysis when a person is in starvation
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10 years ago
Quote from: sunshine2001 (10 years ago)
can all these affect the urinalysis when a person is in starvation

Yes, but back it up in your answer. Give a little reason for listing those things. Do they want all those things listed?
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10 years ago
yeah the Q reads  " how might starvation affect the results of a urinalysis? indicate normal values that would be different and why they are changing."
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10 years ago
Quote from: sunshine2001 (10 years ago)
might starvation affect the results of a urinalysi

By any chance, would this be a PhysioEx question or does it originate from a textbook?
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