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Lab Tests (General DX) Flashcards

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Acid Phosphatase

PAP

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Ind= Increased: Prostatic carcinoma

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Albumin/Globulin (A/G) Ratio

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Ind= Reversed: Multiple Myeloma

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Alkaline Phosphatase

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Ind= Increased: Osteoblastic lesions, hepatic disease, HPT

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Amylase

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Ind= Increased: Acute Pancreatitis

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ANA (FANA)

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ind= Collagen disease ( SLE, Scleroderma)

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Antistreptolysin - O (ASO) Titre

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ind= rheumatic fever, acute glomerulonephritis

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Bilirubin

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ind= Direct- hepatitis, duct obstruction

Indirect- hemolytic disease

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BUN (Blood Urea Nitrogen)

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ind= Increased: Renal Disease, dehydration, hypotension, urinary tract obstruction
Decreased: hepatic disease, pregnancy

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Calcium (Ca)

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ind= Increased: Muscle weakness, hyperparathyroidism, hypervitaminosis D, metastatic disease
Decreased: Muscle tetany, Chvostck’s Sign, renal failure, malnutrition

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CPK (Creatine Phosphokinase)

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CK BB: Brain Tissue
CK MB: Myocardial Tissue
CK MM: Skeletal Muscle
Increased: Muscle necrosis

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Creatinine

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ind= increased: kidney disease, hypovolemic shock

decreased: muscular dystrophies

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C-Reactive protein (CRP)

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ind= increased: tissue necrosis, infections, RA

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ELISA

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screening test for AIDS

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Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)

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ind= Increased: infection, RA, TB, temporal arteritis, MM

Decreased: Sickle cell anemia, polycythemia

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Fluorescent Treponema Antibody (FTA)

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Present with Syphillis

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Glucose (Blood)

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ind= Increased: DM, Cushing’s, renal/liver disease

Decreased: insulin overdose, Addison’s, starvation

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Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase (GGT)

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ind= Liver cell dysfunction and alcohol induced liver disease

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Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT)

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Used for diabetes testing

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Glycosylated Hemoglobin

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tests ability to utilize glucose over 2-3 month period. (monitor)

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Heterophile (Paul Bunnel)

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ind= Increased: Mono, viral meningitis

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Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG)

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ind= Increased: Hydatidiform mole, Choriocarcinoma, Seminoma, multiple pregnancy, testicular teratoma
Decreased: ectopic pregnancy, threatened abortion

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Human Leukocyte Antigen Locus (HLA) B27

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Marker on 6th chromosome from birth.

AS, Reiter’s, PA, Enteropathic Arthritis

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HDL Cholesterol

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ind= Increased: low risk of coronary heart disease

Decreased: High risk of coronary heart disease

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I-131 Uptake

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ind= Increased: Hyperthyroidism, endemic goiter

Decreased: Hypothyroidism, thyroid cancer

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Immunoelectophoresis
M-Spike indication Multiple Myeloma
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Ketones
ind= Diabetic acidosis, starvation
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Lactic Dehydrogenase (LDH)
ind= Increased: Myocardial Infarction, CHF, Muscular dystrophy Decreased: cancer therapy
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Lipase
ind= Increased: acute pancreatitis
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Lipids (cholesterol)
ind= Increased: early starvation, diabetes mellitus | Decreased: late starvation, liver disease
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Lipids (tyiglycerides)
ind= Increased: hyperlipidemia, DM, atherosclerosis | Decreased: Cirrhosis, malabsorbtion
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LE Cell
ind= active systemic lupus erythematosus
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Phosphorus
ind= Increased: acromegaly, kidney disease, hypervitaminosis D Decreased: rickets, hypovitaminosis D, hyperparathyroidism
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Protein
ind= Increased: MM, diabetic acidosis | Decreased: liver disease, kidney syndromes
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Protein (CSF)
ind= Increased: viral meningitis
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Prothrombin Time
ind= Increased: Vitamin K deficiency, hepatocellular disease
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RA Latex
+ indicates: RA, SLE, TB, Cancer, Sjorgren's, Still's disease
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Serum Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase (SGOT/AST)
ind= Increased: Myocardial Infarction, liver conditions, muscular dystrophy
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Serum Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase (SGPT/ALT)
ind= Increased: hepatitis, myocardial infarction
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Triiodothyronine (T3) | Thyroxine (T4)
ind= Increased: hyperthyroidism, pregnancy | Decreased: Cirrhosis, hypothyroid
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Treponema Pallidum Immobilizing Agent (TPI)
Syphilis
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Uric Acid
ind= Increased: Gout, renal failure
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Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL)
Serologic screening for syphilis
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Western Blot
Specific test for AIDS

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