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1
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What is clinical chemistry?

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Soluble mediators of a system; includes taking blood, centrifuge and using serum/plasma (formed elements)

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How long does it take serum tube to clot?

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roughly 30 minutes +/- this also effects trauma times

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True or false: DT2 is one of the biggest finanical burdens in the U.S?

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True, it is also common w kidney disease

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What are a few things included in a Basic Metabolic Pannel? (BMP)

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“Basic” “Mini”
Glucose
Albumin
Total Protein
Na, K, Chloride
BUN (blood urea nitrogen)
Creatine
CO2

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5
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What are the most common panels ordered in Chemistry?

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BMP and CMP

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What are a few things included in CMP?

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Complete metabolic pannels include BMP plus liver function. ALT, AST, ALP and Bilirubin

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True or false: Glucose and triglycerides are not affected by fasting?

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False, they are affected by fasting

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What are some things included in the lipid profiles (other common chemistry test)?

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includes lipids like tryglycerides, cholesterols, HDL, and LDL (calculated or direct)

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What are included in Pancreatic Fx? (other common chemistry test)

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Amylase
Lipase

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10
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What is the Matrix?

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Plasma or Serum in chemistry, Serum is the preferred specimen and is easy to obtain/repeat. Used on almost all assays

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True or false: Urine is not testing in parallel with kidney function and serum levels

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False, urine and the kidney are tested in parallels in chemistry

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12
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Reagent + Compound = _____?

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Color changes, direct or indirect

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13
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True or false: color change rx can help determine wavelengths

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True

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What kind of system is the best for quantitating color change?

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Closed system utilizing focused light spectra

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True or false: In spectrophotometry, the photometric system uses light intensity with wavelength

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false, photometric uses light intensity w/ OUT wavelength

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What is Beers law? (In words)

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Concentration of substance is directly proportional to amount of light absorbed or inverse to log of transmitted light

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17
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What do spectrophotometry instruments do?

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measures light by solution to determine concentration of light absorbed substance in a solution

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What are the components of a spectrophotometer?

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light, monochromator, sample, and photo detector

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true or false: frequency is proportional to wavelength

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FALSE. Frequency is inversely proportional to wavelength

20
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What is wavelength?

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distance of one complete cycle and measured in nanometers

21
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What is electromagnetic radiation?

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protons of energy in waves

22
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What is the values on the visible spectrum?

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400-700 nm which is violet to red, red having the longest wave length

23
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True or false: light sources are intense, constant, and reproducable

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true

24
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What are the most common light source in chemistry and which parts of EM spectrum do they cover?

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  • Tungsten (visible + IR)
  • Deuterium (ultraviolet region)
25
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True or false: you dont need to change the calibrations every time you change a light sourse

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false, you need to update the calibrations when the light source is changed

26
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What is the equation for percent transmittance?

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%T = sample beam signal/blank beam signal x 100
= T/I x 100

27
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What does the T/I x 100 variables mean in the equation for precent transmittance (%T)?

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T - radiant energy transmitted
I - incident radiant energy on the sample

28
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What kind of transmittence does water have? Milk? Heavy cream?

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Water - 100% transmittence
Milk - some
Heavy cream - no light can pass through

29
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If 70% of light is transmitted, how much is absorbed?

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30% is absorbed

30
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What is the beers law equation in chemistry and what do the variables mean?

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A = E x B x C
B = length of light path through solution
C = conc. of light path through molecules
E = molar absorptivity/extinction coefficient

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Photodetectors: What is the photodetector that is basic and uses incident light? Explain a few more things included with this source.

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Photocells:
Typically used in the dark, uses a cathode of salinium, generates electrons/lines of silver
OK for low concentrations

32
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true or false: Photocells are sensitive

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False, they are not very sensitive

33
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True or false: phototubes have an external source of power and are better w/ small amounts of light/ they also use a vacuum to avoid scatter

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true

34
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What does a photomultiplier use?

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dynode chains, each anode has a higher voltage than the last
extreme sensitivity to low light and/duration
Amps are proportional to light intensity

35
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True or false: photomultiplier is 300X more sensitive than phototube

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False: 200X more sensitive

36
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What are diodes?

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anodes with succ. higher voltages

37
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True or false: This is the pathway of photodetectors in order from top to bottom:
Light
Amps
Electrons
volts
absorbance

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False:
Light
electrons
amps
volts
absorbance

38
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What does a dift filter do?

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gets rid of interfering substances

39
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What are common checkers of wavelength accuracy?

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Didymium and holmium oxide, sometimes mercury can verify

40
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What is the stray light effect? Common causes?

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any light outside the band of transmittance
Causes: scratches on optical surface, dust/oil from fingers …etc

41
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What is linearity?

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Change in concentration results in a straight line, must happen every 6 mos

42
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What is the difference between reference range and linear range?

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RR: normal for population
LR: how high or how low you can test

43
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Describe Atomic Absorbtion

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used to detect absorbance of electrons by atoms rather than molecules

44
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Fluometry uses what and what are the advantages/disadvantages?

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Uses fluorescense
Two advantages: Specificity/sensitivity
Disadvant: VERY sensitive to environment changes (pH, Temp..etc)

45
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Describe Chemiluminecense and its positives and negatives

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chemilum.. is the emission of light by molecules through chemical reactions
(no excitation or monochromes)
+ subpico detection
- impurities that degrade sensitivityspecificity

46
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Describe Turbidemetry

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made w/ spectrophotometer to determine concentration of matter in a substance that can pass though 180 degrees from incident light (SAMPLE HANDLING CRITICAL)

47
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Describe Nephelometry

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90 degree angle from incidence light minimizes errors from solution and increases sensitivity

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