Cobas 8000 P1 Flashcards
What are the analytical methods that are performed on the Cobas 8000 Module?
- spectrophotometry: endpoint
- spectrophotometry: kinetic
- turbidimetry tina-quant
- CEDIA
- KIMS
What method is used for testing Na, K, and Cl?
ISE
What tests are affected by hemolysis?
- AST
- Direct Bilirubin
- Phosphorus
- ALT
- Magnesium
- Potassium
- LDH
What disease states may show hypercalcemia?
- Addison’s Disease & thyroid toxicosis
- hyperparathyroidism
- malignancy
What disease states may show hyperphosphatemia?
- renal insufficiency (failure)
- hypocalcemia
- hypoparathyroidism
- tumor lysis syndrome
What disease states may show hypocalcemia?
- tetany
- osteomalacia
What disease states may show hypophosphatemia?
- rickets
- hypoparathyroidism
- Fanconi’s Syndrome
What is the clinical utility of prealbumin?
- a sensitive indicator of change in nutritional status
- decreased during protein calorie malnutrition and liver disorders
What is true about calcium?
- decreases neuromuscular excitability
- regulated by PTH
- has role in blood coagulation
- activates enzymes
What disease produces elevated serum and/or urine amylase?
- pancreatitis
- other diseases include: inflamed salivary glands (mumps), stomach ulcers, cancer of the pancreas, gallstones, CF, nephritic syndrome
What organ is ALT a sensitive diagnostic aid for?
- liver
when ALT levels are elevated, disease is usually hepatitis or cirrhosis
If a CSF specimen was labeled as “bloody” and was obtained by a traumatic puncture, how would the protein results be affected? Why?
when RBCs are introduced into the fluid, so are proteins from the plasma fluid
plasma is component of blood which contains all proteins in body
What is the clinical significance of rheumatoid factor testing?
important in diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory disorders
What is “direct” or conjugated bilirubin?
the soluble form of bilirubin, made by the liver from breakdown of indirect bilirubin
What is “indirect” or unconjugated bilirubin?
circulates in the bloodstream bound to albumin; insoluble in water
How is indirect bilirubin calculated?
indirect bilirubin = total bilirubin - direct bilirubin
What effect does light have on bilirubin?
light breaks down bilirubin
What disease states could show an elevated bilirubin?
- hepatitis
- liver cancer
- blockage of bile ducts
- HDN
- hemolytic disorders
What tests can be done on the Cobas 8000 Module to measure renal function?
- blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
- creatinine levels in serum
- BUN to Creatinine Ratio
- serum and urine osmolality
- uric acid (serum and urine)
What disease states can be caused by a deficiency in Vitamin D (Ca, Mg)?
- neuromuscular and skeletal abnormalities
- rickets
- osteomalacia
What conditions have shown an increased serum magnesium concentration?
- hemolytic anemia
- renal failure
- hypothyroidism
What disease is commonly associated with an elevated uric acid level?
The crystals formed when uric acid is not properly filtered by the kidneys accumulate in the joints causing gout, necrosis, and chronic renal failure
What are the main sources of LD enzymes?
- pancreas
- heart
- liver
- skeletal muscles
What are possible reasons for an elevated LD value (in vivo or in vitro)?
- organ tissue damage
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- cirrhosis
- ketoacidosis
- necrosis of liver
- hemolysis
What is the alternate name and source for SGOT?
- aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
- source: heart and liver
What is the alternate name and source for SGPT?
- alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
- source: liver
What conditions would cause an increased ALT and AST?
- acute hepatitis
- primary biliary cirrhosis
- metastatic hepatic carcinoma
- alcoholic cirrhosis
What condition gives the highest ALT and AST?
acute hepatitis
What is haptoglobin?
glycoproteins produced by the liver; powerful, free hemoglobin binding proteins
What is the clinical application of the haptoglobin test?
- in hemolytic anemias associated with the hemolysis of RBCs, the released hemoglobin is quickly bound to haptoglobin and the complex is quickly catabolized
- this results in a diminished amount of free haptoglobin in the serum
- this decrease cannot be quickly compensated for by normal liver production
- as a result, the patient demonstrates a transient, reduced level of haptoglobin in the serum
- this test is useful in the detection of intravascular hemolysis
What are the two main sources of CK?
- CK-MM, CK-MB
- skeletal, cardiac muscle, and brain
What disease are CK Determinations chiefly useful in diagnosing?
heart attacks, myocardial infarctions
What enzyme shows an elevation first following a myocardial infarction resulting in heart damage? How soon after the infarct would the rise be apparent?
- myoglobin rises 1-2 hours after onset of symptoms
- CK-MB rises within 2-6 hours and peaks around 12-24 hours
What disease shows grossly elevated CK results?
muscular dystrophy
What are the sources of alkaline phosphatase?
bone and liver
can also be found in placenta
What alkaline phosphatase is heat labile?
bone
What conditions show a high liver alkaline phosphatase?
- cholestasis
- cholecystitis
- cholangitis
- cirrhosis
- hepatitis
- fatty liver
- sarcoidosis
- liver tumor
- liver metastases
- drug intoxication
What conditions would have a high bone alkaline phosphatase?
- Paget’s Disease
- osteosarcoma
- bone metastases of prostate cancer (high/very high ALP)
- renal osteodystrophy
- fractured bone
What is the primary source of ALP when ALP is elevated and GGT is normal?
likely of bone or placental origin
What should you do if both ALP and GGT are proportionately elevated?
investigate the biliary tree
- if the tree is negative for general or focal dilation, ALP/GGTP elevation may be cholestatic or due to an “infiltrative process”
What does it mean if GGT is solely elevated or discordantly higher than ALP?
- there may be an “induction elevation” of GGT (as with alcohol or medications)… which could be superimposed on some microscopic ductal problems
- so, liver biopsy would seek to rule out any canalicular or ductular cholestasis or ductular injury/inflammation
What enzyme is usually tested when looking for signs of liver disease?
GGTP
What types of liver disease are associated with an increase in GGTP?
- cirrhosis
- liver cancer
- hepatitis
What is the preferred specimen for the Iron-TIBC Test? Why?
- serum represents the concentration of iron and its transport protein transferrin
- EDTA and oxalate plasma can cause decreased results, due to chelating of the bound iron
How do you treat a 4+ lipemic specimen before running it?
- repeat the Na on AVL instrument using direct ISE principle
- Roche’s ISE method is based on the delusional ISE principle
What is the chemical reaction for LD?
lactate + NAD+ + H+ –> LD –> pyruvate + NADH
What is the reaction for the creatinine methodology on the Cobas 8000 702 Module?
- method is based on the conversion of creatinine with the aid of creatininase, creatinase, and sarcosine oxidase to glycine, formaldehyde and hydrogen peroxide
- catalyzed by peroxidase, the liberated hydrogen peroxide reacts with 4-aminophenazone and HTIB to form a quinone imine chromagen
- the color intensity of the quinone imine chromagen formed is directly proportional to the creatinine concentration in the reaction mixture
What is the chemical reaction for Fe on the Cobas 8000 502 Module?
- under acidic conditions, iron is liberated from transferrin
- lipemic samples are clarified by the detergent
- ascorbate reduces the released Fe3+ ions to Fe2+ ions which then react with FerroZine to form a colored complex
- the color intensity is directly proportional to the iron concentration and can be measured photometrically