Clinical Final

Question 1

At what temperature is FFP thawed?

Answer 1

30-37

Question 2

What would a physician use to counteract an overdose of coumadin?

Answer 2

vitamin K

Question 3

What are some things that might cause the specific gravity of urine to be abnormally high?

Answer 3

dehydration, protein, glucose

Question 4

What class of immunoglobulin is most commonly involved in multiple myeloma

Answer 4

IgG

Question 5

What is the major iron storage compound?

Answer 5

ferritin

Question 6

Name some major characteristics of campylobacter

Answer 6

Gram = gull-wing shaped grows at 42

Question 7

What organism is associated with rice water stools

Answer 7

Vibrio

Question 8

What is the genus and species of pinworm

Answer 8

Enterobius vermicularis

Question 9

How do you correct a WBC count

Answer 9

(WBCs x 100) / (NRBCs + 100)

Question 10

Which immune-mediated condition is characterized by a low platelet count and is found primarily in children?

Answer 10

idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Question 11

Rouleaux is a very common phenomenon observed on PBS in these patients

Answer 11

multiple myeloma

Question 12

What is active immunity

Answer 12

natural infection or vaccination

Question 13

What is passive immunity

Answer 13

antibody derived from another person

Question 14

What is adoptive immunity

Answer 14

transfer of antibody from an immunized donor to non immunized recipient

Question 15

what is natural immunity

Answer 15

body’s natural ability to resist infection by normally present body functions

Question 16

What is the equation for calculating creatinine clearance

Answer 16

(urine creatinine / plasma creatinine) x (total volume / 1440)

Question 17

Which parasite infects most well water

Answer 17

Giardia lamblia

Question 18

Plasma cells evolve from which type of cell line

Answer 18

lymphocytes

Question 19

How do you calculate RhoGam dosage

Answer 19

(# fetal cells / # adult cells) x 100

x 50 / 30 + 1

Question 20

Anti-nuclear antibodies are found in >95% of patients with which condition

Answer 20

lupus

Question 21

What is the primary cause of tetany

Answer 21

hypocalcemia

Question 22

What factor is associated with hemophilia A

Answer 22

VIII

Question 23

Wha would a plasma sample show on electrophoresis that a serum sample does not

Answer 23

fibrinogen spike in the gamma region

Question 24

What platelet factor is instrumental in initiating the clotting process

Answer 24

PF3

Question 25

What would you expect to find on the dipstick of a patient with a biliary obstruction

Answer 25

positive bilirubin and low or absent urobilinogen

Question 26

Auer rods are often displayed in what type of leukemia or lymphoma

Answer 26

AML

Question 27

What crystals are found in alkaline urine

Answer 27

ammonium bitrate, amorphous phosphate, calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, triple phosphate

Question 28

What crystals are found in acidic urine

Answer 28

amorphous urate, calcium oxalate, cholesterol, cysteine, leucine, tyrosine, uric acid

Question 29

What does FPIA stand for

Answer 29

fluorescence polarization immunoassay

Question 30

bilirubin is converted to what in the liver

Answer 30

bilirubin diglucoronide

Question 31

What is the most specific cardiac marker for myocardial infarction

Answer 31

troponin