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Laboratory Exams
Question | Answer |
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ASO Titre | Strep antibodies (rapid strep test) |
Acid Phosphatase | Prostate Disease |
A/G Ratio | Albumin/Globulin ratio reversed in Multiple Myeloma |
Alkaline phosphate | elevated in blastic bone disease/liver disease |
Amylase/Lapase | Acute Pancreatitis |
ANA | Collagen Diseases (all Sero +) SLE; butterfly rash Scleroderma tight shiny skin systemic; Polyarteritis Nodasa Sjogren; dry eye; difficulty swallowing RA; ulnar deviation |
Bilirubin | Direct- Liver, GB, pancrease Indiret - Liver, spleen, drugs, fever |
BUN | Increase -Kidney disease Decrease - Liver disease |
Calcium | 9-11mg Increase - Hypercalcemia (Hyperparathyroid/hyper D)(Bone Cancer) Decrease - Hypocalcemia (Hypoparathyroid/hypo D) |
Cholesterol | 120-200mg/dl 200-239 Borderline 240 + Higher risk Increase - DM, pregnancy, atherosclerosis Decrease - Liver disease, malnutritioin, anemia |
CEA | Cancer |
CPK (creatine) | Tissue destruction |
Creatinine | Best kidney test |
CRP C-Reactive Protein | Inflammation (acute, arterial inflammaion) |
ESR aka Westergrin ESR | 90 100 110; Inflammation (0-20 normal) (Temporal Art, MM, Pyogenic Osteomyelitis |
Flu Swab | Influenza |
FBS | DM |
GGT/GTT | GGT = Liver cirrhosis/GTT = Diabetes Mellitus, Hypoglycemia |
HCG | Pregnancy |
HLA B-27 | Enteropathic arthropathies (sero -) Uc, Crohn's, Reiter's, As, Psoriatic |
Ketones | Increase with DM |
LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase; which is present with tissue destruction |
Lipids | Atherosclerosis |
LE Prep | SLE |
Mono Test | EBV; Mono test will show atypical lymphocytes such as downey cells, and Paul Bunnell cells |
Phosphorus | Is where calcium isn't |
Potassium (electrolytes) | Increase -Addison's renal failure Decrease -Diuretics, vomit, diarrhea |
Protein Electrophoresis | MM; (5 albumin groups, see gamma globulins) |
Protein (Blood) | Increase - Hyperproteinemia (MM); Decrease - Hypoproteinemia (kidney) |
PSA | Prostrate |
RA Latex | RA |
SGOT (AST) | Heart destruction/liver disease |
SGPT (ALT) | Liver disease |
Tine | TB (Mantoux and PPD) |
T3/T4/TSH | Thyroid disease |
Triglycerides | Increase - liver disease, alcoholism, MI pancreatitis, renal disease (males 40-60) (females 35-135) |
Uric Acid | Gout, kidney |
ELISA/Western Blot | AIDS (T-Cell count) |
Bone Panel consist of: | first patient presents with Deep Boring Pain; Panel consist of: calcium, phosphorous, alk. phos. (acid phos) |
Arthritis Panel Consist of: | RA latex, uric acid, HLA -B27, ANA, ESR and decrease ROM |
Kidney Panel Consist of: | U/A, BUN creatinine, albumin, globulin, uric acid |
Cardiac-Ischemia (CRP) Panel Consist of: | CPK-MB, SGOT,(AST), LDH, Patient presents with PAIN |
Cardiac- Risk (CRP) Panel Cosist of: | Cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose and Patient presents with FATIGUE; here you want to be thing fats and sugars |
Hepatic Panel Consist of: | SGPT, SGOT, LDH, bilirubin, GGT albumin/globulin, GTT, triglycerides |
Rigid Abdomen Consist of: | (pancreatitis, appendicitis) and paralytic illeus; with CBC with diff, amylase/lipase |
SMAC/Metabolic Panel | Serological Multiphasic Analyzer Computerized; the panel is a series of test; (blood chemistries) from the sample of blood. The selection of tests is pre-programed into the machine and the results are plotted on a graph against the normal values. |