Chapter 9

Question 1

Persistent diarrhea may cause

Answer 1

Hemoconcentration

Question 2

Which hormone is most affected by a fever

Answer 2

Insulin

Question 3

An interic specimen indicates that

Answer 3

Bilirubin results could be elevated

Question 4

If the skin around puncture site starts to swell during a draw

Answer 4

Stop and apply pressure to site

Question 5

Anemia brought on by the withdrawal of blood is described as

Answer 5

Iatrogenic

Question 6

What is a product of the breakdown of red blood cells

Answer 6

Bilirubin

Question 7

Closest to basal state

Answer 7

Awakened at 06 and hasn’t eaten since 8 the night before

Question 8

Easiest vein on obese patients

Answer 8

Cephalic

Question 9

Which is least likely to affect vein patency

Answer 9

Leaving the tourniquet on too long

Question 10

Prolonged tourniquet results in

Answer 10

Hemoconcentration

Question 11

Which tests are most affected by hemolysis

Answer 11

Potassium, magnesium, CK

Question 12

High degree of jaundice will have

Answer 12

Yellow skin

Question 13

Lymphostatis is

Answer 13

Obstruction of the flow of lymph

Question 14

When a patient is on drug therapy you can get a false positive if

Answer 14

A prescribed drug acts to enhance the desired test reaction

Question 15

Medical term for a nervous system response is

Answer 15

Vasovagal syncope

Question 16

If you need an HGB specimen from a patient in the ICU with an IV in the only usable arm

Answer 16

Perform a finger stick

Question 17

Claw hand is the result of

Answer 17

Ulner nerve injury

Question 18

What changes when a patient goes from supine to standing

Answer 18

Nonfilterable elements increase

Question 19

Type of line commonly used to monitor blood pressure and collect blood gas

Answer 19

An A line

Question 20

A subcutaneous vascular access devise with a chamber attached to an in dwelling line under the skin is

Answer 20

An implanted port

Question 21

Which test requires the patients age in result calculations

Answer 21

Creatinine clearance

Question 22

What line has three ports and goes directly into heart

Answer 22

CVC

Question 23

Which test is affected by diurnal rhythm

Answer 23

Cortisol

Question 24

Which factors affect basal state but are already accounted for

Answer 24

Geographic locale

Question 25

Do not draw from an

Answer 25

Active graft or fistula

Question 26

A quadriplegic patient

Answer 26

Can feel pain if there is no sensory damage

Question 27

Small non raised dots that appear on the skin where the tourniquet has just been tied are

Answer 27

Petechiae due to capillary or platelet defects

Question 28

Hemoconcentration from prolonged tourniquet application increases

Answer 28

Nonfilterable analytes

Question 29

Like is results from

Answer 29

High fat content

Question 30

A lipemic specimen indicates

Answer 30

Patient wasn’t fasting

Question 31

Scarred or burned areas should be avoided because

Answer 31

Circulation may be impaired

Question 32

If the patient feels nauseous tell them to

Answer 32

Begin slow deep breathing

Question 33

If the patient feels faint

Answer 33

Discontinue draw and have them lower their head