Labs Flashcards
**Acid phosphatase (pap)
inc: prostatic carcinoma
**A/G ratio
Reversed: MM
**Alk phosphatase
Inc: osteoblastic lesions, hepatic dz, HPT
Bone/liver
Amylase
Inc: acute pancreatitis
F/ANA
Collagen dz (SLE, scleroderma)
Antistreptolysin O (ASO) titre
Inc: rheum fever, acute glomerulonephritis
Pos strep
Bilirubin increase
Direct: hepatitis, duct obstruction
Indirect: hemolytic dz
BUN (blood urea nitrogen) inc
renal dz, dehydration, hypotension, uto
Ca increase
muscle weakness, hyperparathyroidism, hypovit d, mets
CPK (creatine phosphokinase)
CK BB: brain tissue
CK MB: myocardial tissue
CK MM: skeletal muscle (md)
inc: musc necrosis
CRP increase
kidney dz, hypovolemic shock
ELISA
SCREENING for AIDS
ESR increase
infx, RA, TB, TA, MM
FTA (fluorescent treponema antibody)
present with syph
blood glucose increase
DM, cushings, renal/liver dz
CSF glucose
dec: meningitis, acute pyogenic infx
gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT)
liver cell dysfx and alc induced liver dz
glucose tolerance test (GTT)
diabetes testing
**glycosylated hemoglobin
tests ability to use gluc over 2-3m period (monitor)
**paul bunnel (heterophile)
inc: mono, viral meningitis
*HCG increased
hydatidiform mole, choriocarcinoma, seminoma, mult pregnancy, testic teratoma