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1
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Moderate Bacteria

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10-50 HPF

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2
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Many mucus seen

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> 10 LPF

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3
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RBCs, WBCs

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Average number per 10 HPF

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4
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Casts

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Average number per LPF

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5
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Squamous epithelial cells

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Rare, few, moderate or many per LPF

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Transitional epithelial cells

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Rare, few moderate or many per HPF

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RTE cells

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Average number per 10 HPF

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Oval fat bodies

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Average number per HPF

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Bacteria, yeast

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Rare, few, moderate or many per HPF, presence of WBC’s may be required

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10
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Trichomonas

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Rare, few, moderate or many per HPF

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11
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Spermatozoa

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Present, based on laboratory protocol

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12
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Mucus

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Rare, few moderate or many per LPF

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13
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Normal crystals

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Rare, few moderate or many per HPF

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14
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Abnormal cyrstals

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Average and reported per LPF

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15
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Serious hazard degree

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3

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16
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Turn around time (TAT)

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Time from ordering a test through analysis in the lab to the charting of the report

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17
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Chain of custody (chain of evidence)

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Step by step documentation of handling and testing of legal specimens. It begins with patient identification and continues until testing is completed and results reported

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18
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Drug testing, COC

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30 to 45 mL urine (60 mL container capacity)

32.5 to 37.7°C temperature

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19
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Routine urinalysis

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10 to 15 mL urine, ave. 12 mL

50 mL container capacity

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20
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Glucose reabsorption

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Proximal convoluted tubules

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21
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Normally, 60% to 75% of filtered Na+

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Reabsorbed in PCT

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22
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Active transport of sodium

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PCT and DCT

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23
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Passive transport of sodium

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Ascending loop of Henle

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24
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Impermeable to water

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Ascending loop of Henle

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25
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Highly permeable to water but poorly permeable to solutes

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Descending loop of Henle

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26
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Urine color

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Good light source, looking down through the container against a white background

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27
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Urine clarity

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Visually examining the mixed specimen while holding it in front of a light source, clear container

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28
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Carotene

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Yellow urine, orange CSF

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29
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Red-brown urine, children

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Fuchsin (candy, food)

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30
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Brown or black urine on standing but negative chemical test for blood

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Melanin (melanoma)
Homogentisic acid (alkaptonuria)
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31
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Print blurred through urine

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Cloudy

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32
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Calibration of refractometer, 5% NaCl

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1.022 ± 0.001

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33
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Calibration of refractometer, 9% sucrose

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1.034 ± 0.001

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34
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Cabbage odor urine

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Methionine malabsorption

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35
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Bence Jones protein coagulates at

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40-60°C

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36
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Bence Jones protein dissolves at

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100°C

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37
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Significant value of AER (Albumin excretion rate)

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20-200 ug/min

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38
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Principle of Micral test

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EIA

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39
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11th pad in the reagent strip

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Vitamin C, ascorbic acid

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40
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Differentiates hemoglobin from myoglobin

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Blondheim’s test

Ammonium sulfate ppt. hemoglobin

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41
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Nomarski microscope

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Interference contrast microscope

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42
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RBC’s in hypotonic urine

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Ghost cells

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43
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WBC’s in hypotonic urine

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Glitter cells

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44
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Lipid-containing RTE cells

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Oval fat bodies, lipidura - nephrotic syndrome

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45
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RTE cells with non-lipid-containing vacuoles

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Bubble cells, acute tubular necrosis

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46
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Casts

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Fromed in DCT and CT

47
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Lemon-shaped crystal

48
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Ethylene glycol poisoning

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Monohydrate calcium oxalate, oval or dubbell

49
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Ampicillin crystals

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colorless needles that tend to form bundles following refrigeration

50
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Sulfonamide crystals

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Yellow-brown, occasionally colorless sheaves of wheat, rosettes, needles, confirmed by diazo reaction

51
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Flat, rectangular plates or prisms

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Calcium phosphate, apatite

52
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Apatite

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Calcium phosphate

53
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Weddelite

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Dihydrate calcium oxalate, envelope or pyramidal

54
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Whewellite

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Monohydrate calcium oxalate, oval, dumbbell

55
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Struvite

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Triple phosphate magnesium ammonium phosphate

56
Q

Renal calculi may form in the

A

Calyces and pelvis of the kidney, ureters, and bladder

57
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Cacluli: yellow to brownish red, mod. hard

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Uric acid and urate stones

58
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Calculi: pale and friable

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Phosphate stones

59
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Calculi: very hard, dark color, rough surface

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Calcium oxalate stones

60
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Calculi: yellow-brown resembling an old soap, somewhat greasy

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Cystine stones

61
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CTAB, cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide

A

Mucopolysaccharides

(+) White turbidity

62
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Crystal seen in Fanconi’s syndrome

63
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Dilution of bloody CSF

A

1:200 (may be 1:20 in board exams)

64
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Red, brown seminal fluid

65
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Critical to ovum penetration

A

Acrosomal cap

66
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Size of the acrosomal cap

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1/2 of the head and covers 2/3 of the nucleus

67
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Most common cause of male infertility

A

Varicocele, hardening of the veins that drain the testes

68
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Undiluted seminal fluid, sperms immobilized by heat

A

Makler counting chamber

69
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Traditional diluting fluid for seminal fluid

A

Formalin, sodium bicarbonate

70
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Other diluting fluid for seminal fluid

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Distilled water, saline

71
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Kruger’s strict criteria

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Measurement of the size of the head, neck and tail of the sperm using a micrometer or morphometer, not a routine but recommended by WHO

72
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Test for seminal fluid fructose

A

Analyzed within 2 hours or frozen

73
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Florence test, choline

A

Iodine, potassium iodide

(+) Dark brown rhombic crystals

74
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Barbiero’s test, spermine

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Picric acid, tricholoroacetic acid

(+) Yellow leaf-shaped crystals

75
Q

Synovial fluid

A

Clear and pale yellow, does not clot

Normal volume <3.5 mL

76
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Diluents for synovial fluid

A 
Normal saline (with methylene blue to stain WBC nuclei)
To lyse the RBC's, hypotonic saline (0.3% NaCl) or saline with saponin
77
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Normal synovial fluid glucose

A

Should not be more than 10 mg/dL lower than the blood value

78
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Gout, monosodium urate, uric acid

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Yellow (-) birefringence under a compensated polarizing light

79
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Pseudogout, Calcium pyrophosphate

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Blue (+) birefringence under a compensated polarizing light

80
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Calcified cartilage degeneration, osteoarthritis, Calcium phosphate

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No birefringence

81
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Normal appearance of pleural, peritoneal, and pericardial fluid

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Clear and pale yellow

82
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Tuberculous pleuritis

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Adenosine deaminase 40 U/L or greater

83
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Mesothelial cells are pleomorphic

A

Res. lymphocytes, plasma cells, and malignant cells

84
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Reactive mesothelial cells (pleural)

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Closely resembling malignant cells

85
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Increased mesothelial cells

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Pneumonia malignancy

86
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Lack of mesothelial cells

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Tuberculosis

87
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Psammoma bodies

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Concentric striations of collagen-like materials

Benign conditions, ovarian and thyroid carcinoma

88
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Peritoneal fluid, bacterial peritonitis, cirrhosis

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> 500 WBCs/uL

89
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Peritoneal lavage, blunt trauma

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> 100,000 RBCs/uL

90
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Peritoneal fluid, amylase

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Increased in pancreatitis and G.I. perforation

91
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Peritoneal fluid, alkaline phosphatase

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Increased in G.I. perforation

92
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Dark green amniotic fluid

93
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Dark red brown amniotic fluid

A

Fetal death

94
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Secreted by the type II pneumocytes of the fetal lungs

A

Lamellar bodies which are densely packed layers of phospholipids that represent a storage form of pulmonary surfactant. Increases O.D. of amniotic fluid (O.D. 650)

95
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Inserted through the nose (Leah Navarro)

A

Levin Tube

96
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Inserted through the mouth

A

Rehfuss tube

97
Q

Tubeless test for gastric acidity

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Diagnex tubeless test, urine sp., Azure blue; breath test

98
Q

Positive result with guaiac

99
Q

Creola bodies

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Cluster of columnar cells, bronchial asthma

100
Q

Normal stool pH

101
Q

Carbohydrate disorders, stool pH

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pH below 5.5

102
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Number of fecal leukocytes indicative of an invasive condition

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≥ 3 neutrophils/hpf

103
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Blue quadrant

104
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Red quadrant

105
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White quadrant

A

Specific hazard

106
Q

Yellow quadrant

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Reactivity

107
Q

RACE

A

Rescue
Alarm
Contain
Extinguish/Evacuate

108
Q

PASS

A

Pull
Aim
Squeeze handles (trigger)
Sweep

109
Q

PDCA

A

Plan-Do-Check-Act

110
Q

PDSA

A

Plan-Do-Study-Act

111
Q

Calibration of centrifuge

A

Every 3 month

112
Q

Disinfection of centrifuge

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weekly basis

113
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IRIS

A

International Remote Imaging System; 2 mL

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