Labs, imaging and procedures Flashcards
complete blood count (CBC) looks at
WBCs, Hgb (hemoglobin), Hct (hematocrit), Plt (platelets)
CBC with differential (CBCD) looks at
Bands (Band cells), Segs, lymphs, Monos, Eos
Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP)
Na, K, BUN, Creat, Gluc
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP)
BMP, T Prot/Alb, T Bili, LFT’s (liver function test) such as AST (SGOT), ALT (SGPT), Alk Phos
Iron Studies
TBIC (total iron binding capacity), Ferrotin
D-Dimer used for
used when physician is trying to rule out a pulmonary embolism if its negative then there isnt one
Coagulation studies (Coags)
PT, INR, PTT
thyroid labs
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone), T3 (triiodothyronine), T4 (thyroxine)
Inflammation labs
CRP (c reative protein), Sed Rate
sepsis is..
life threatening emergeny, pt are febrile, tachycardic and hypotensive
5 other hematology/oncology labs
immunoelectophoresis, bone marrow biopsy, flow cytometry, FISH (flourescent in situ hybridization), BRCA1/BRCA2
tumor markers and what cancer they mark
CEA- colon cancer and others CA125- ovarian cancer CA 21.29 or 15.3- breast PSA-prostate ER/PR- breast HER-2/neu- treatable carcinoma Oncotype Dx-recurrence of breast KRAS- colo/rectal cancer
types of xrays
CXR, AAS/KUB, others pathologic fractures
Types of CT
CT w/o
CTA, CT w/
CT A/P w/ PO (abd/pelvis)
PET scans (positron emission tomography)
eye to thigh
presence of mass, compare to previous, evaluation of lymph node involvement, presence of metastasis
