Diagnostic testing Flashcards
Seen in patients with elevated serum creatinine
Renal disease
Food interfering with VMA
coffee and licorice
1 week post operative arthroscopy, what should be elevated
postoperative thrombophlebitis
Instructions to an elderly dehydrated who just had CT scan of kidneys using contrast
Drink plenty of fluids for 24 hrs
CEA is used to monitor for what condition?
Breast, colon and gastric cancer
After have barium enema, what should you do?
Take oral laxative to eliminate barium
Elevated glucose level, what in history would cause hyperglycemia
Corticosteroid therapy
What drug should be discontinued before serum gastrin level drawn
Cimetidine (tagament)
Most specific test to test for recurrent prostate cancer?
PSA
Patient has mild discomfort after arthroscopy, What intervention would you have?
Administer a analgesic (acetaminophen)
After returning from EGD,patient complains of fever and chest pain. What should nurse suspect?
Esophageal perforation, notify doctor immediately
What would be considered a positive TB reading after 48 hours
Indurated area measuring 12 mm
What is post procedure for cardiac catheterization?
Keeping involved extremity immobolized
Sims Huhner test
Evaluates interaction between the sperm and cervical mucus
Why does physician order x-ray on both arms of a child that fell on his right arm?
Comparison is necessary because fracture lines in long bones are hard to distinguish in children from normal growth lines.
Elevated specific gravity in urine indicates
Dehydration
Pt just returned from having a bronchoscopy. What is not a nursing intervention?
Encouraging cool liquid for throat