Chemistry Misc
The tube of choice for a plasma glucose as it inhibits glycolysis
What is a grey top?
In the first trimester BHCG doubles how often?
What is every 48 hours?
This disease is spread fecal-orally and occurs in epidemics.
What is hepatitis A and E?
The best estimate of kidney function.
What is GFR?
Serum specimens that are milky white.
What is lipemic?
(Na + K)-(Cl+CO2)
What is anion gap?
Milk secretion is initiated by this hormone.
What is prolactin?
This test goes up with increased muscle mass.
What is creatinine?
Theophylline is used as a treatment for this medical affliction.
What is asthma?
The chief plasma cation whose main function is maintaining osmotic pressure.
What is sodium?
Cushings syndrome is associated with this hormone.
What is cortisol?
The main waste product of protein metabolism.
What is Urea (bun)?
CSF glucose is _____ of the blood glucose.
What is 2/3?
This increases in people with chronic lung diseases.
What is CO2 content?
Used in diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome to identify necrosis, e.g. acute myocardial infarction.
What is troponin?
Patients with chronic active hepatitis B have these positive markers.
What is HBsAg and HBc AB.
Urine Stone Analysis (and random urine analytes) must have this done prior to testing.
What is pH modifications (pre-treatment)?
Laboratories generally operate at this confidence level when evaluating quality control.
What is 95% or 2SD?
Assists in regulating muscle and heart contractions.
What is potassium?
The majority of thyroxine is converted into a more biologically active hormone.
What is FT3 (free triiodothyronine)?
3 stages of hepatitis
What is Prehepatic (hemolytic), Hepatic (viral), and Posthepatic (obstruction)?
Chronic Kidney disease exibits an increase of this analyte which has an inverse relationship with this analyte.
What is phosphorous and calcium?