42 LAB ANALYSIS Flashcards
LAB ANALYSIS——1
ACID PHOSPHATASE KEY? (PAP)
CHECK PROSTATIC CARCINOMA…INCREASED ENZYME LEVELS = METASTASES OF PROTATE
LAB ANALYSIS——2
PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN KEY?
HIGH PSA = DETECT PROSTATIC CANCER; DIGITAL EXAM IS BETTER THAN BOTH PAP AND PSA
LAB ANALYSIS——3
A/G RATIO KEY?
IF REVERSED = +MULTIPLE MYELOMA
LAB ANALYSIS——4
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE KEY?
INCREASED IN OSTEOBLASTIC LESIONS;HEPATIC DISEASE.
LAB ANALYSIS——5
AMYLASE KEY?
HIGH NUMBERS = PANCREATITIS; M/C = ALCOHOLISM AND CHOLELITHIASIS
LAB ANALYSIS—–6
ANA (FANA)
SLE TESTING
+ IS NOT SLE FOR SURE BUT - IS NO SLE
LAB ANALYSIS—–7
ASO TITRE KEY?
MEASURES AMOUNT OF ANTI-BODIES; INCREASED WITH RA AND GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
LAB ANALYSIS—-8
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN (BUN)
INCREASED WITH RENAL DISEASE//RENE LOVES BUNS!!
DECREASED WITH HEPATIC DISEASE
PAT HATES BUNS
LAB ANALYSIS—-9
CALCIUM (SERUM) KEY??
INCREASED = HYPERTHYROIDISM; BONE METASTASIS
DECREASED = HYPOTHROIDISM; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; RENAL FAILURE
LAB ANALYSIS—-10
CPK KEYS??
INCREASED = MI JUST HAPPENED
AKA CK-MB///CK-BB///CK-MM
LAB ANALYSIS—-11
CREATININE KEYS?
INCREASED = RENAL DISEASE
DECREASED = MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
LAB ANALYSIS—-12
CRP KEY??
APPEARS WITH INFLAMMATION; MEASURES TISSUE NECROSIS; + IN RA AND MALIGNANCY; INFECTIONS
LAB ANALYSIS—-13
ESR KEY?
OF RBC AT BOTTOM OF TEST TUBE; INFLAMMATORY MARKER; + WITH MULTIPLE MYELOMA; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; COLLAGEN DISEASES
LAB ANALYSIS—-14
GLUCOSE (BLOOD) KEY??
TEST DONE WHILE FASTING; CAN CHECK FOR DIABETES MELLITUS IF TWO TESTS ARE HIGH IN A ROW
LAB ANALYSIS—-15
GLUCOSE (CSF) KEY??
DECREASED IN MENINGITIS
LAB ANALYSIS—16
GGT KEY??
TESTS LIVER CELL DYSFUNCTION
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
