42 LAB ANALYSIS Flashcards by ROGER ALONSO

LAB ANALYSIS——1

ACID PHOSPHATASE KEY? (PAP)

CHECK PROSTATIC CARCINOMA…INCREASED ENZYME LEVELS = METASTASES OF PROTATE

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LAB ANALYSIS——2

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN KEY?

HIGH PSA = DETECT PROSTATIC CANCER; DIGITAL EXAM IS BETTER THAN BOTH PAP AND PSA

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LAB ANALYSIS——3

A/G RATIO KEY?

IF REVERSED = +MULTIPLE MYELOMA

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LAB ANALYSIS——4

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE KEY?

INCREASED IN OSTEOBLASTIC LESIONS;HEPATIC DISEASE.

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LAB ANALYSIS——5

AMYLASE KEY?

HIGH NUMBERS = PANCREATITIS; M/C = ALCOHOLISM AND CHOLELITHIASIS

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LAB ANALYSIS—–6

ANA (FANA)

SLE TESTING

+ IS NOT SLE FOR SURE BUT - IS NO SLE

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LAB ANALYSIS—–7

ASO TITRE KEY?

MEASURES AMOUNT OF ANTI-BODIES; INCREASED WITH RA AND GLOMERULONEPHRITIS

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LAB ANALYSIS—-8

BLOOD UREA NITROGEN (BUN)

INCREASED WITH RENAL DISEASE//RENE LOVES BUNS!!

DECREASED WITH HEPATIC DISEASE
PAT HATES BUNS

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LAB ANALYSIS—-9

CALCIUM (SERUM) KEY??

INCREASED = HYPERTHYROIDISM; BONE METASTASIS

DECREASED = HYPOTHROIDISM; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; RENAL FAILURE

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LAB ANALYSIS—-10

CPK KEYS??

INCREASED = MI JUST HAPPENED

AKA CK-MB///CK-BB///CK-MM

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LAB ANALYSIS—-11

CREATININE KEYS?

INCREASED = RENAL DISEASE

DECREASED = MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

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LAB ANALYSIS—-12

CRP KEY??

APPEARS WITH INFLAMMATION; MEASURES TISSUE NECROSIS; + IN RA AND MALIGNANCY; INFECTIONS

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LAB ANALYSIS—-13

ESR KEY?

OF RBC AT BOTTOM OF TEST TUBE; INFLAMMATORY MARKER; + WITH MULTIPLE MYELOMA; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; COLLAGEN DISEASES

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LAB ANALYSIS—-14

GLUCOSE (BLOOD) KEY??

TEST DONE WHILE FASTING; CAN CHECK FOR DIABETES MELLITUS IF TWO TESTS ARE HIGH IN A ROW

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LAB ANALYSIS—-15

GLUCOSE (CSF) KEY??

DECREASED IN MENINGITIS

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LAB ANALYSIS—16

GGT KEY??

TESTS LIVER CELL DYSFUNCTION

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LAB ANALYSIS—17

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN AKA
HEMOGLOBIN AIC KEY??

CHECK EFFIC. OF INSULIN; OVER 2-3 MONTHS; BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS

LAB ANALYSIS—18

HLA B27 (PEAR) KEY??

+ FOR AS; 90% OF PATIENTS HAVE IT

+ IN REITERS; GRAVES DISEASE; JUVENILE RA; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; ENTEROPATHIC ARTHRITIS

LAB ANALYSIS—19

HDL (CHOLESTEROL) KEY??

HIGH = LOWER LDL

LOWER = HIGHER HEART RISKS

LAB ANALYSIS—20

I-131 UPTAKE KEY???

TEST TO CHECK THYROID FUNCTION

HIGH = HYPERTHYROIDISM

LOW = HYPOTHYROIDISM

LAB ANALYSIS—21

IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS KEY?

99% OF THOSE WITH MULTIPLE MYELOMA HAVE THIS SPIKE; BENCE JONES PROTEIN IN THE URINE SPIKE ; IgG IS ELEVATED IN M.M

LAB ANALYSIS—22

LDH (LACTIC DEHYDROGENASE) KEY??

LDH LEVEL IS 3 TIMES HIGHER WHEN SOMEONE HAS AN MI

LAB ANALYSIS—23

LIPASE KEY??

INCREASED WITH PANCREATITIS

LAB ANALYSIS—24

LIPIDS KEY??

USED FOR STEROID HORMONES AND BILE ACIDS

LAB ANALYSIS---25 CHOLESTEROL KEY??

MAKES BILE SALTS; CORONARY HEART DISEASE INCREASED = DIABETES MELLITUS DECREASED = CIRRHOSIS

LAB ANALYSIS--26 TRIGLYCERIDES KEY?

INCREASED = DM DECREASED = CIRRHOSIS

LAB ANALYSIS--27 LE CELL KEY??

+ FOR 50--70% OF SLE CASES

LAB ANALYSIS--28 PROTHROMBIN TIME KEY??

MEASURES CLOTTING TIME ; INCREASED IN VIT K DEFICIENCY; HEPATOCELLULAR DISEASE

LAB ANALYSIS--29 RA LATEX KEY??

HIGHER IN THOSE WITH RA AND SLE

LAB ANALYSIS--30 REED STERNBERG CELLS KEY??

+ = HODGKINS

LAB ANALYSIS--31 SGOT AKA AST KEY???

ENZYME ASSOC WITH NECROSIS; INCREASED = MI; DESTROYED LIVER

LAB ANALYSIS--32 SGPT AKA ALT KEY??

INCREASED IN MI; HEPATITIS

LAB ANALYSIS--33 T--3 KEYS??

UP; HYPERTHYROIDISM | DOWN = HYPO

LAB ANALYSIS--34 T--4 KEYS?

PRINCIPLE T HORMONE STORED IN THYROID

LAB ANALYSIS--35 URIC ACID

DIAGNOSE GOUT...BUT ONLY LONG TERM

LAB ANALYSIS--36 WESTERN BLOT KEY???

SCREEN FOR AIDS

LAB ANALYSIS--37 ELISA KEY???

ORDER X 2 = POSITIVE BEFORE ORDERING A WESTERN BLOT

LAB ANALYSIS--38 COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PROFILE KEY???

EVALUATES CARDIAC/BONE/AND LIVER FUNCTION

LAB ANALYSIS--39 COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT KEY??

RBC/WBC/PLATELET/ HEMOGLOBIN; ETC

LAB ANALYSIS--40 RED BLOOD CELLS

CARRY O2 FROM LUNGS TO BODY TISSUE; AND CARBON DIOXIDE TO LUNGS VIA HEMOGLOBIN DECREASED IN ANEMIAS

TYPES OF RBC 1---MACROCYTIC = ?? 2--MICROCYTIC =??

RBC; HEMATOCRIT;GEMOGLOBIN DECREASED AND MCV INCREASED NORMOCYTIC = RBC DECREASED ALL DECREASED

WHITE BLOOD CELLS KEY??

INCREASED IN INFECTIONS; MALIGNANCY