Question | Answer |
fasting blood glucose | amount of glucose in blood after 8 hour fast |
arthroscopy | fiberoptic endoscope of joint |
MRI | computer image + nuclear magnetic of soft tissues |
X-ray | most widely used. radiation. musculoskeletal dx |
Pulse ox | oxygen saturation of arterial blood |
ECG | graphic record of electrical impulses generated by depolarization and repolarization of myocardium. Cardiac dx |
ABG | dissolved oxygen in blood. |
arthrogram | radiographic and dye injected into joint capsule/ligament |
angiography | radiopaque die injected in arterial system for Xray of vascular systems (cerebral, renal, cardiac, pulm., PVD) |
CT scan | cross sectional Xray of brain with iodine based contrast |
myelogram | Xray + contrast medium in subarachnoid space of SC. Lumbar puncture |
EEG | Brain's electrical activity |
Brain Evoked Potential | EEG + signal recorded on computer. Head Injury |
EMG | measures and documents electrical activity of muscles. Output on oscilloscope |
Nerve Conduction Velocity | how fast nerve impulse travels + emg. PNS dx |
Positron Emission Tomography | Xray of blood flow in organs & body tissue. |
CBC | evals cellular components of blood |
RBC | number of erythrocytes in blood. |
hemoglobin | oxygen carrying pigment in blood. |
hemocrit | % of RBC in blood. |
WBC | WBC count in blood |
albumin | blood protein |
Creatinine | renal function |
platelet count | platelet count in blood. |
High ABG | late stage asthma, CHF, respiratory |
High RBC | erythremia, polycythemia, dehydration, burns, anoxia |
low RBC | anemias |
high hemoglobin | CHF, COPD, dehydration, burns |
low hemoglobin | iron def., hemorrage |
high hemocrit | dehydration, eclampsia, pancreatitis |
low hemocrit | anemia, bone marrow dx, CHF |
high albumin | dehydration, meningitis, SLE |
low albumin | ETOH, burns, CHF, Crohn's |
high creatinine | CHF, diabetes |
low creatinine | muscular dystrophy |
high WBC | anemia, abscess, infection |
low wbc | AIDS, flu, immune dx |
high platelet ct | anemia, CA, Fx, liver dx |
low platelet ct | anemia, autoimmune, burns |