Prelim Exam Flashcards
drug to treat breast cancer.
TAMOXIFEN
an opportunistic pathogenic yeast that is a common member of the human but flora.
Candida Albicans
test to determine heart attack or not.
TROP I
Muscle metabolism
Creatinine
Protein Metabolism
Urea
Purine metabolism
Urine
Heme metabolism
Bilirubin
other term for Point of Care Testing
near-patient testing, alternate testing, patient focused testing
Used in emergency department, operating suites, clinics, health maintenance organization (HMO), physicians, offices & nursing homes
Point-of-Care Testing (POCT)
Recently just happened / Emergency
Acute
Happening in the past 6 months
chronic
it will be known if the baby’s RBC is high.
CBC
have a result in less than a minute.
poct
test for glucose.
glucometer
“Specimens or samples are ___ while substances in them are _____.”
analyzed, measured
needed in order for the glucose to enter the red blood cells
insulin
a decrease of this substance will make water will start to leak because no one will hold the water and the cause of having Edema.
albumin
Take if you only have iron deficiency anemia (females)
iron
It should be low content or else it will lead to underneath your skin (Hemochromatosis)
iron
Muscle metabolism
creatinine
Can’t metabolize by the liver into urea. Thus, becoming
ammonia
It comes from the red blood cells
Bilirubin
Dead RBC go here and serves as a storage
spleen
Patients color becomes _____ when their bilirubin is high.
yellowish
yellow skin.
jaundice
Term used for yellow serum specimen.
Icterus
Heme ____ Globin _____ Iron _____
Bilirubin - Amino acid - Liver
undetectable when it is inside the RBC
eNZYME
RBC is detectabe due to ____ and ____.
cell rupture or cell injury
SGPT new term?
ALT
SGOT old term
AST
High HEPA =
HIgh AST/SGOT
CK1 - CKBB
Brain affected
CK2 - CKMM
mUSCULAR Injury
CK3 - CKBM
Muscle and Brain Injury (Heart attack)
Gold standard for knowing if the patient is having a heart attack.
TROP I
(+) kidney disease but (-) HA
TROP T
associated with Acute pancreatitis
AMS - Amylase
mg of sodium required in body
200mg
Alcoholic
GGT (Gamma Glutamyl Transferase)
High in GGT means
broken liver
Liver enzyme
ALP (Alkaline Phosphatase)
ALP sources (2)
Bone and Live r
used to Determine if the patient have prostate cancer
ACP (Acid Phospatase)
Seminal fluid has the highest ____ ?
ACP
– test used in rape cases.
PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) under ACP
o Super active pineal gland (3rd eye)
ferritin
Too much paracetamol will attack your liver
acetaminophen
Very dangerous chemical when intake.
silver cleaner
involves a color change identify a chemical substance
colorimeteric
involves reduction or oxidation of a substance
redox
involves the formation of a compound using two molecules
condensation
utilizes enzymatic reactions to test for the ability
Degradative tests (Enzymatic)
ONE STEP (enzymes) under DEGRADATIVE TEST
one time only
ii. MULTI STEP (enzymes) under DEGRADATIVE TEST
Several times then get the average results
“ENZYMES is measured by _____, not ____
ACTIVITY - CONCENTRATION
mixture of different methods
MULTI METHOD
uses titration to identify an end product
TITRIMETRIC
involves relationship of potential differences and chemical reaction to identify a chemical change
ELECTROCHEMICAL
STAT meaning
short turn around time
Immediate; Urgent requests; Emergency
STAT
Usually less than 1 hour TAT
STAT
Electrolytes, CBC, Urinalysis, Uric Acid are under what lab request?
STAT
Important for clinical decisions and less than 2 hour TAT
Priority
Non urgent; standard or special tests
➢ Generally, 4-6 hours
routine
- NPO (Non-Per Orem)
o Nothing by mouth
is RBS (Random Blood Sugar) need fasting?
No
Borosilicate glass with low alkali content
Resists heat, corrosion and thermal shock
Most common are Pyrex, Kimax and Exax
- High thermal resistant glass
Better able to resist clouding due to to alkali or scratching
Ideal for higher temperature thermometers, graduated
cylinders and centrifuge tubes.
corex
recommended for use in application involving high temperature and drastic heat shock and extreme chemical treatment with acids and dilute alkalies heatable to 900oC and withstand downshock from 900oC to ice water
➢ ideal for ashing and ignition techniques
vycor
ideal for high precision analytical work and can also be used for optical reflectors and mirrors
high silica glass
- known as soft glass
glass with high resistance to alkali
amber or red-colored to reduce the amount of light passing through the substance within the glassware
* highly protective laboratory glassware for handling heatlabile substances in the 300-500nm range (bilirubin, carotene and vitamin A)
low actinic glass
soda-lime glass which is composed of a mixture of oxides of Si, Ca and Na
standard flint glass
easy to melt and shape thus used as reagent bottles and disposable laboratory glasswares
standard flint glass
- Ideal for alkaline solutions and cryogenic experiments
plastic wares
Unique group of resins with relatively inert chemical properties and unaffected by acids
polyolefins
twice as strong as polypropylene (from –100oC to +160oC)
Chemical resistance is not as wide as the polyolefins
Ideal for centrifuge tubes and graduated cylinders
- Polycarbonate resin
Nontoxic, clear plastic of modified PVC (polyvinylchloride)
* Used extensively for the manufacture of ACA tubings
* Flexible and used to handle most chemicals
tygon
- Almost chemically inert with high corrosion resistance at extreme temperatures
- For cryogenic experiments and work at high temperatures over extended periods
pure translucent white and inert
teflon fluorocarbon resins
Designed to deliver (TD) a fixed volume of liquid
Volumetric or Transfer Pipet
Calibration mark is etched around the upper suction tube
Volumetric or Transfer Pipet
Consists of a cylindrical bulb joined at both ends to narrower glass tubing
volumetric pipet
Used for accurate measurements of aliquots of non-viscous samples, filtrates, controls, and standard solutions
volumetric pipet
Used for measuring viscous fluids as blood or Serum
ostwald folin pipet