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Lab Values Flashcards

1
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What are lab results for?

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Screening
Diagnosis
Monitoring

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2
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Factors affecting lab values

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Age
Gender
Race
Pregnancy
Food ingestion

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Urine studies are used to

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Detect/diagnose and monitor renal and urinary disease
Detect metabolic/systemic disease

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4
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Urine reflects ________ __________ of a substance if kidney function normal

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Blood levels

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5
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Desired result of urinalysis

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Clear, yellow-amber color
No ketones, WBCs, or protein

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6
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24 hour urine is for

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Hormones, protein, creatinine

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When doing a 24 hour urine test, what do you do before?

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Ask pt to void, and discard the first voiding.

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8
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All urine is saved in a container for 24 hr, and must be kept

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Cool

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9
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24 hour urine sources of error:

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Contaminants in the urine
Failure to collect all urine in time period
Including 1st voided urine
Improper storage/preservation of specimen

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10
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CrCl

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Creatinine clearance

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11
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CrCl can detect and diagnose

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Kidney dysfunction and/or decreased blood flow to kidneys

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12
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CrCl test requires

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24 hr urine test and 1 blood specimen

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13
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Osmolality of urine measures

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Dissolved particles in urine

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14
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Osmolality of urine determines

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Kidneys concentrating ability
Fluid & electrolyte abnormalities

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15
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Normal serum osmolality

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280-300 mOsm/L

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16
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HCT

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Hematocrit

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17
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HCT values assess

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Hydration status, anemia, oxygen transport

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18
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Buffy coat

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White blood cells, platelets

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19
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High levels of HCT

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Dehydration, diuretics, burns
High altitude, hypoxemia, COPD

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20
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Low levels of HCT

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Levels tend to decrease with age
s/s of anemias, blood loss, over hydration
Extremely elevated WBCs

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21
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High levels of serum osmolality

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Dehydration
Increased Na or glucose
HHNK or DKA
Diuretic therapy

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22
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Low levels of serum osmolality

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Over hydration
SIADH
CA- breast, colon, lung

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23
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PreAlbmin is used to monitor

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Nutrition status and effects of treatment
Liver function

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24
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Increased PreAlbumin

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Hodgkins disease, pregnancy

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25
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Decreased PreAlbumin

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Malnutrition, liver disease, inflammation

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26
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Culture and sensitivity

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Urine, blood, wound drainage, tissue and devices

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27
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Culture for fungus may take up to

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6 weeks

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28
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Gram positive

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Blue staining organism

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29
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Gram negative

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Red staining organism

30
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Gram stain results take

31
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Therapeutic drug monitoring determines

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Effective dose and prevents toxicity

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Peak

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Drug highest level in blood but below toxic level

33
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Trough

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Drug lowest level in blood but in therapeutic range

34
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PT/INR

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Monitoring or warfarin
Evaluation for vitamin K deficiency or severe malnutrition
Assessment of liver failure

35
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PTT

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Monitoring (but not initiation) of heparin
Assessment of clotting factor function in hemophilia and von Willebrand disease

36
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Both PT/INR and PTT

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Active bleeding without obvious cause
History of abnormal, excessive, or spontaneous bleeding
High risk patients

37
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Production occurs in the

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Bone marrow

38
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Granulocytes

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Basophils, eosinophils and neutrophils

39
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CBC

A

Complete blood count

40
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CBC is used to diagnose

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Anemias
Bleeding disorders
Infections
Blood cell changes

41
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CBC elements

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WBC
RBC
HCT
HGB
Platelet count

42
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WBC assessment of

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Infection
Neoplasm
Allergy
Immunosuppression

43
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WBC’s > 10,000 =

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Leukocytosis
(Anemias, viral infections, ETOH, RA, trauma, physical or emotional stress)

44
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WBC’s < 4,000 =

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Leukopenia
(Acute infection, MI, cirrhosis, burns, dietary deficiencies)

45
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Polymorphonuclear

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Having a lobed nucleus
Commonly referred to as “polys”

46
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Neutrophils

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Phagocytosis
Bacterial infection, trauma

47
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Eosinophils

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Allergic reactions
Parasitic conditions

48
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Basophils

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Mast cells
Increase during healing process

49
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Lymphocytes

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Increase during chronic bacterial and viral infections
B lymphocytes
T lymphocytes

50
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RBC

A

Red blood cells

51
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Red blood cells are formed in

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Bone marrow

52
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Red blood cells:

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Erythrocytes
Transport oxygen
Assess for anemias

53
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High RBC levels =

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Erythrocytosis
(Severe dehydration, COPD, polycythemia vera )

54
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Low RBC levels =

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Erythropenia
(Anemia, hemorrhage, bone marrow failure, cirrhosis, renal disease, lymphoma, leukemia)

55
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Tourniquet on for >1min =

56
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HGB is highest in the

57
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HGB is lowest around

58
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HGB high levels

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Dehydration, CHF, lung disease, heavy smokers

59
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HGB low levels

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Anemias, hemorrhage, hodgkins, kidney disease

60
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MCV

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Mean corpuscular volume
Average size of erythrocytes
HCT / RBC =MCV

61
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MCH

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Mean corpuscular hemoglobin
Average weight of erythrocytes
HGB / RBC = MCH

62
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MCHC

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Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
Concentration of hemoglobin in 100 ml PRBC
HGB /HCT = MCHC

63
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Platelets promote

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Coagulation, vascular integrity

64
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Platelets are produced in the

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Bone marrow

65
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Platelets are

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Thrombocytes

66
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Increased platelet levels =

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Thrombocytosis (>400,000)

67
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Thrombocythemia

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> 1 million platelets

68
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low levels of platelets

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Thrombocytopenia (<100,000)

69
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Normal urine osmolality

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300-900 mOsm/L

70
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Serum osmolality rough estimate

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Na level x 2

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