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MACC Body Fluids

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What is an Efffusion?   An accumulation of fluid in a body cavity  
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What samples are cytotocentrifuged?   Used with sample that have low cell counts - body fluids  
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What crystals can be identified by compensated polarized microscopy?   Monosodium urates (uric acid)and calcium pyrophosphate  
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What crystals in synovial fluid have birefringence?   Monosodium urates (uric acid)and calcium pyrophosphate  
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What is the function of cerebrospinal fluid?   Protection of the brain and spinal cord, lubrication, nutrient and metabolic waste exchange fluid  
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What are mesothelial cells?   Epithelial cells that originate from the mesoderm line that line the area the CSF flow.  
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What is the procedure to obtain spinal fluid?   Lumbar Puncture  
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If there there three tube collected for a CSF analysis, which tubes should be given to what departments?   #1 - Chemistry #2 - Microbiology #3 - Hematology  
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What should normal CSF look like?   Clear and colorless  
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What is Pleocytosis?   This is the term given to an increased amount of WBC's in a body fluid  
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After collection, how soon should a CSF be tested?   It should be tested as soon as possible  
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If the spinal fluid has a clot, what is this a sign of?   Traumatic tap  
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What is xanthochromic?   When the CSF is yellow  
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If the first CSF tube has more red cells than the last tube, what is assumed about this spinal fluid?   That the collection was a traumatic tap and the red cells are not in the spinal fluid of the patient  
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If as CSF is collected within the first four hours of a subarachnoid hemorrhage, what color will the CSF be?   The CSF will appear to be a pale pink to red, depending on the degree of hemorrhage  
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What blood cell line are macrophages related to?   Monocytes  
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What conditions would cause a low CSF protein?   Conditions were there is a leakage of CSF  
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If a CSF has a high protein and a low glucose, what diagnosis is suspected?   Bacterial Meningitis  
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What effusion is due to various systemic disorders that disrupt fluid filtration and/or fluid absorption such as congestive heart disease?   Transudate  
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What effusion occurs during an inflammatory processes that results in damage to blood vessel walls, body cavity membrane damage, or decreased reabsorption by the lymphatic system?   Exudate  
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Where is the Pericardial fluid from?   This fluid is from around the heart  
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What is collected during a thoracentesis?   Pleural fluid is collected  
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What does normal pleural fluid look like?   Pale yellow and clear  
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What is ascites   Peritoneal fluid  
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How soon after collection should sperm analysis be started?   one hour after collection  
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What preparation should the patient make before sperm analysis?   Sperm should be collected after 48 to 72 hours of abstinence from sexual activity  
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What are some common tests preformed on sperm?   Color, Appearance, Volume, Viscosity, Concentration, Motility, Morphology and pH  
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How soon after a vasectomy should testing for sperm start? How long do they continue?   Specimens are routinely tested starting 2 months post-vasectomy and continuing until two consecutive monthly specimens show no sperm  
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When testing for sperm in a post vasectomy patient, how should you look at the sample?   Examine the sperm directly and concentrated (centrifuged)  
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What are the parts of a sperm cell?   Head, neck, acrosome and tail  
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What disease is the fecal occult blood test a screen for?   Colorectal cancer  
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What patient preparations should be done before using the Guaiac-based fecal blood testing?   Abstain from interfering substances - meat, aspirin, anticoagulants, etc  
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What patient preparations should be done before using the Immunochemical-based occult blood testing?   None  
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What test is considered the best test for fetal lung maturity on ammiotic fluid   Lecithin:sphingomyelin ratio - L/S ratio  
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What are lamellar bodies?   They are storage forms of lung phospholipids from the fetus  
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