| Question | Answer |
| PT | Prothrombin Time, Pro Time: measures how quickly blood clots when on blood thinners (or anticoagulants). |
| GTT | A glucose tolerance test in medical practice is the administration of glucose to determine how quickly it is cleared from the blood. The test is usually used to test for diabetes, insulin resistance, and sometimes reactive hypoglycemia. |
| Which vessels carry blood lowest in O2? | Veins |
| Hemocrit | Hematocrit is a blood test that measures the number of red blood cells and the size of red blood cells. It gives a percentage of red blood cells found in whole blood. |
| What alcohol percentage? | 70% |
| AST or SGOT | sometimes listed on lab request--enzyme aspartate aminotransferase.An aspartate aminotransferase (AST) test measures the amount of this enzyme in the blood. AST is normally found in red blood cells, liver, heart, muscle tissue, pancreas, and kidneys. AST |
| Bleeding time procedure | An incision 5 mm long x 1 mm deep is made on the lateral aspect of the volar surface of the forearm and the time to cessation of bleeding is measured. |
| PICC | PICC lines (peripherally inserted central catheters)inserted into one of the large veins of the arm near the bend of the elbow. It is then slid into the vein until the tip sits in a large vein just above the heart. |
| ABG analysis | Blood gas analysis, also called arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis, is a test which measures the amounts of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood, as well as the acidity (pH) of the blood. evaluates how effec.lungs are deliv oxygen/elim. carbon dioxide |
| CDC | Center for Control of Disease |
| Gastrin | In humans, gastrin is a hormone that stimulates secretion of gastric acid by the parietal cells of the stomach. It is released by G cells in the stomach and duodenum. Sample requires immed. chilling. |
| NICU (pronounced "Nickyoo") | A neonatal intensive care unit.also called a newborn intensive care unit, intensive care nursery (ICN), and special care baby unit (SCBU (pronounced "Skiboo"). Newborn and premature infants. |
| Fomite | A fomite is any inanimate object or substance capable of carrying infectious organisms (such as germs or parasites) and hence transferring them from one individual to another. |
| TDM: Trough and Peak level determination | Blood specimens for drug monitoring can be taken at two different times: during the drug's highest therapeutic concentration ("peak" level), or its lowest ("trough" level). Occasionally called residual levels |
| HemoCue Hemoglobin System | Hand Held: quick, simple and reliable quantitative hemoglobin results with the same performance as a large hematology analyzer. The test system consists of the B-Hemoglobin Analyzer and disposable microcuvettes. |
| CBC | complete blood count:red, white, hemoglobin, platelet, size of red |
| CVC | Drawing blood from a central venous catheter |
| Edema | An excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue spaces or a body cavity. |
| TDM | Theraputic drug monitoring |
| dorsal side of hand | top of hand |
| microhematocrit procedure | The microhematocrit method is the most accurate manual method of determining blood volume and should The microhematocrit method is the most accurate manual method of determining blood volume and should be used whenever feasible. |
| mean corpuscular volume | size of red blood cells |
| troponin test | the troponin test is the test of choice. This is because it will still be elevated in the blood if the symptoms were/are due to heart damage. |
| ABG-arterial blood gas | determine the concentration of oxygen, carbon dioxide and bicarbonate, as well as the pH, in the blood. Its main use is in pulmonology |
| White blood cell differentials | The blood differential test measures the percentage of each type of white blood cell (WBC) that you have in your blood. It also reveals if there are any abnormal or immature cells. |
| GTT | Glucose Tolerance Test: Also known as: Blood sugar, Fasting blood sugar, FBS, blood glucose, Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT or GTT), Urine glucose |
| FUO | Fever of unknown origin |
| A renin blood test | A plasma renin activity test is done to determine the cause of high blood pressure (hypertension), especially when potassium levels in the blood are low.Renin is an enzyme produced by specific cells in the kidneys. |
| Coombs' test | antiglobulin test |
| reagent strips | Urinalysis test strips: glucose, ketones, blood, PH, protein, Nitrite, Leucocytes, Urobilinogen, Specific gravity, Bilirubin |
| Fibrinogen test | Test blood clotting time. Related tests: Prothrombin Time (PT or PTT for partial), D-dimer, Coagulation Factors, Thrombin Time |
| [edit] Hemostasis/Heomstatic process | Physiologic process whereby bleeding is halted. Other processes: coagulation,vasoconstriction |
| Accession number | a test order unique identifier used in hospitals, in particular those using LIS station methodology. Image data is stored on the disk drive (archive) without any identifying information regarding the Patient's name or ID as part of the filename. |
| Blood Gases | Blood gases is a test done to measure how much oxygen and carbon dioxide is in your blood. It also looks at the acidity (pH) of the blood. Usually, blood gases look at blood from an artery. radial artery in non-domin. hand is best. |
| Neonatal | Pertaining to the first four weeks after birth. |
