Blood
What test is used to determine renal function?
What is: Creatinine
Increases in RBC count could mean?
What is: Dehydration
TSH levels are assessed to determine which organ
What is: Pituitary Gland
Has a larger dark blue-black granules and contains histamine
Low Hematocrit is associated with what diagnosis
What is: Anemia
What do elevated CPK levels indicate?
What is: Possible Heart Attack (MI)
The component of the CBC that is not necessary?
What is: Differential
HDL
What is: Buffy Coat
Smallest formed element in the Peripheral Blood
What is: Platelets
What is the Normal Adult WBC Count?
9,000 cells/mm
Hematocrit reading of 37 indicates
What is: RBCs account for 37% of the total blood volume
Administration of RhoGAM immune globulin
What is: to an Rh-negative mother giving birth to an Rh-positive baby
Hemoglobin A1C Monitors?
What is: Diabetes
How do we screen for Type 2 Diabetes
What is: Fasting Blood Glucose
Platelets?
What are: Fragments of a larger cell called a megakaryocyte
Normal Hemoglobin for a female
What is: 14 g/dL
Blood test that analyzes the ability of the kidneys to perform
What is: BUN
Makes up 55% of blood by volume
What is: Plasma
If there is no time for a Type and Screen - what blood type will be given
What is: Type O Negative
The Buffy Coat characteristic
What is: White
A properly prepared wedge smear
What is: Blood covering one-half to three-quarters of the slide.
Leukocytes
What is: have segmented nuclei, the most numerous in neutrophils, are the largest circulating blood cell, Bacterial infections stimulate increased production
(Any of these can be the right answer)
T Cells and B Cells are a subclassification of what?
What is: Lymphocytes
Measures the time it takes blood to form a Fibrin Clot?
What is: PT (Prothrombin Time)