- What is the medical term for the presence of hemoglobin in the urine?
- Wells criteria clinical assessment for PE:- Clinical _____ of DVT (3.0)- Other diagnosis less likely than PE (3.0)- Heart rate > _____ bpm (1.5)- _____ (at least 3 days) or surgery in previous 4 weeks (1.5)- _____ DVT/PE (1.5)- _____ (1.0)- Malignancy (1.0)
- What amount of urine output is considered to be oliguric?
- Which 2 laboratory tests are useful in identifying the presence of an inflammatory process?
- Etiologies of elevated lactate:- _____, _____ (septic, cardiogenic, hypovolemic, obstructive)- _____ ketoacidosis- _____- _____- Regional hypoperfusion (bowel ischemia)- Prolonged use of tourniquet- _____: metformin, epinephrine, INH toxicity, propofol
- Which enzyme is considered an indirect indicator of a UTI?
- Conditions known to cause polyuria:- _____ mellitus / insipidus- Excessive _____, alcohol, or caffeine- _____ disease- Certain drugs (_____)- Sickle cell _____
- What are the 3 typical tests that are part of the urinalysis microscopy exam?
- What is the medical term for the presence of blood in the urine?
- UA indicators of infection:- Foul _____- _____ urine- Bacteria- _____ _____ positive- WBCs > 10/HPF- _____ positive- _____ present- pH _____
- Bacterial or Viral meningitis?- Opening pressure: elevated- Appearance: turbid- Protein: mild-marked elevation- Glucose: normal-marked decrease- WBCs: > 1,000 mm3 w/ neutrophils- Gram stain: positive
- Significant elevations in total bilirubin is usually the cause of what condition?
- American Diabetes Association diagnostic criteria:In a patient with classic symptoms of _____ or hyperglycemic crisis, a random plasma glucose ≥ 200 mg/dL - 2-hour plasma glucose ≥ _____ mg/dL during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)- Fasting glucose > _____ mg/dL- Hemoglobin A1C of > _____%In asymptomatic hyperglycemia, the diagnosis of diabetes must be confirmed on a subsequent day by _____ measurement
- Which laboratory test is most reflective of a patient's protein level in the blood?
- Which laboratory test is useful in the diagnosis of a suspected PE / DVT?
- Which assessment is used for the clinical evaluation of a PE?
- What amount of urine output is considered to be anuric?
- What are the 3 most common drugs / drug classes to cause hyperkalemia?
- Which 2 laboratory tests of the Hepatic Functional Panel are considered transaminases?
- Hypercalcemia or Hypocalcemia etiology examples?- Hypoparathyroidism- Vitamin D deficiency (osteomalacia, rickets)- Starvation- Renal insufficiency- Pregnancy- Rhabdomyolysis- Medications (chemotherapy, fluoride intoxication, antibiotics, loop diuretics, anticonvulsants, gadolinium MRI contrast)- Magnesium deficiency