Lab Values and Drug Monitoring - Quiz 1 Flashcards
What are the components of a fishbone diagram?
WBC, Hgb, Hct, Plt
Na, Cl, BUN, Glucose, K, HCO3, sCr
What is the difference between cytosis and penia?
Cytosis: excessive
Penia: deficiency
When is corrcted Ca used?
When albumin is low
Ca levels?
8.5-10.5
Ionized: 4.5-5.1
Mg levels?
1.3-2.1
What increases calcium levels?
- Calcium
- Vit D
- Thiazides
What decreases Ca levels?
- Long term heparin
- Loops
- Bisphosphonates
- Cinacalcet
What decreases Mg?
- PPI
- Diuretics
- Amp B
PO4 levels?
2.3-4.7
What increases phosphate levels?
CKD
K levels?
3.5-5
What increases potassium levels?
- ACEIs
- ARBS
- aldosterone receptor antagonists
- aliskirin
- SGLT2I (canagliflozin)
- Immunosuppressants (Cyclosporine, tacrolimus)
- Potassium
- Bactrim
- Drospirenone COC
What decreases potassium levels?
- beta 2 agonist
- diuretics
- insulin
- SPS
Na levels?
135-145
What increases sodium levels?
- hypertonic saline
- tolvaptan
What decreases Na levels?
- Carbamazepine
- Oxcarbazepine
- SSRIs
- Diuretics
What decreases bicarb?
Topiramate
When would you see an elevation in BUN (>20)?
Renal impairment and dehydration
BUN levels?
7-20
sCr levels?
0.6-1.3
Drugs that increase sCr?
- Aminoglycosides
- Amp B
- Cisplatin
- Colistimethate
- Cyclosporine
- Loops
- Polymixin
- NSAIDs
- Contrast dye
- Tacrolimus
- Vancomycin
Glucose levels
70-100
Anion gap levels?
5-12
What does anion gap monitor?
Increased gap indicates metabolic acidosis
What increases WBC?
Systemic steroids
What decrease WBC?
- Clozapine
- Chemo
- Carbamazepine
- Immunosuppressants
What are bands?
Immature neutrophils that fight infection (causing a left shift)
What increases eosinophils?
Asthma, inflammation, parasites
What increases basophils?
Hypersensitivity reactions
What increases lymphocytes?q
- Viral infection
- Lymphoma
What decreases lymphocytes?
- Bone marrow suppression
- HIV
- systemic steroids
What increase RBC counts?
ESAs
What decreases RBC counts?
- Chemo
- Deficiency anemias
- Hemolytic anemia
- Sickle cell anemia
What does Hgb monitor?
Decrease in Hgb -> anemia