SPX COLLECTION/PX PREP ANALYTES VARIATIONS Flashcards
Enumerate some physiologic factors affecting pre-collection variables
[7]
Diurnal variation
Exercise
Diet
Stress
Posture
Age
Gender
hormones that are increased at AM
CAPPAII
cortisol
adrenocorticotropic hormone
plasma renin activity
aldosterone
insulin
prolactin
iron
hormones where levels are low at night
Cortisol
ACTH
Plasma renin activity
ALDO
Insulin
Prolactin
Iron
hormones where levels are INCREASED w/ stress
Cortisol
ACTH
Prolactin
hormones where levels are INCREASED w/ standing than supine
Plasma renin activity
hormones where levels are DECREASED w/ supine position than standing, and how many percent?
Calcium
4%
Patient variables that may affect chemistry values [6]
Diurnal variation
Day-to-day variation
Recent food ingestion
Alcohol
Posture
Activity
What are the analytes increased in diurnal variation at PM:
GA
Growth hormone
ACP
PTH
TSH
[#]% Percentage effect of day-to-day variation to these analytes ___________
ABC ST
≥20%
ALT
Bilirubin
CK
Steroid hormones
TAGs
what are the analytes increased in terms of recent food ingestion?
CGGIILTS [si guilty kumain ]
calcium
gastrin
glucose
insulin
iron
LD
TAGs
Sodium
what are the analytes decreased in terms of recent food ingestion?
chloride
phosphate
K+ fasting required:
fasting glucose
lipid panel
TAGs
what are the analytes increased in terms of alcohol intake?
TAGS
GGT
what are the analytes decreased in terms of alcohol intake?
glucose
what are the analytes increased in terms of posture?
CHOLE TIKDO [POSTURE] KWANAN ALBUMin
albumin
chole
when standing:
calcium
phosphate
plasma renin activity
what are the analytes increased in terms of activity?
in ambulatory px:
CK
ACCPPPLL
with exercise px:
AST
Creatinine
CK
protein
Potassium
phosphate
Lactic acid
LDH
what are the analytes increased in terms of stress?
ACTH
cortisol
catecholamines
what are the analytes affected in terms of age, gender, race, drugs?
various
Common interferences in Pre-collection variables
[1] in vivo
[4] in vitro
Tobacco smoking
Hemolysis
Hemoconcentration
Hemodilution
Icteric/Lipemic spx
Rupture of RBCs so HB released from RBC
Hemolysis
Serum appears yellow due to high bilirubin
ICTERIC
Serum appears milky or turbid due to high lipid
Lipemic
Order of draw via tubes
- blood culture tubes [yellow]
- coagulation sodium citrate tubes [blue]
- serum tubes w/ or w/o clot activator or gel seperator [red/gold]
- heparin tubes w/ or w/o gel [green]
- EDTA [lavender]
- Glycolytic inhibitor tubes [gray]
Evacuated tube indicated for the ff:
Blood
Citrate
CBC
Glucose determination
SPS [yellow]
Blue/Light blue, Non-additive
EDTA [violet]
Sodium citrate [blue] or Potassium oxalate/Sodium Fluoride [gray]