Lab History
Enzymes
Hematology
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Hodgepodge
100
The year did Baylor and Scott and White merge.
What is 2013?
100
The enzyme that breaks down triglycerides into free fatty acids and glycerol by catalyzing the hydrolysis of the ester bonds in triglycerides.
What is lipase?
100
It is the best next step in troubleshooting anomalous results on the automated CBC for this sample.
What is warm the sample?
100
The most likely diagnosis
What is sickle cell disease?
100
The antibody found at the highest concentration during the early stage of an infection.
What is IgM?
200
This body fluid used to be tasted by early laboratorians to diagnose diabetes.
What is urine?
200
The enzyme, or special protein, that helps you digest carbohydrates.
What is amylase?
200
Single or multiple blue or gray-blue inclusions in the cytoplasm (typically near the cell membrane) of neutrophils bands, or metamyelocytes.
What are Dohle bodies?
200
The patient complains of head ache and stiffness in the neck. Chemistry examination of the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) yeilded the following results:
Clairity: Hazy
Glucose: Decreased
Protein: Increased
What is bacterial meningitis?
200
This virus is known for its crown like apperance and created havoc in 2019.
What is the coronavirus? or CoVID-19
300
Mice or rabbits were injected with a woman's urine and killed to see how their ovaries had changed to detect this common condition.
What is pregnancy?
300
It's the enzyme used to generate complementary DNA (cDNA) from an RNA template, a process termed reverse transcription.
What is reverse transcriptase (RT)?
300
A small drumstick-like projection on one of the lobes of some neutrophils in females.
What are Barr bodies?
300
The patient has a low hemoglobin (HGB), hematcrit (HCT) mean cell volume (MCV) and a high transferrin.
What is iron deficiency anemia?
300
This pre-analytical condition can cause erroneous laboratory results especially in assays such as potassium and aspartate transaminase (AST).
What is hemolysis?
400
The year that the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Act (CLIA) was founded.
1988
400
It is commonly used to diagnose liver damage or bone disorders.
What is alkaline phosphatase (ALP)?
400
Red staining, needle-like bodies seen in the cytoplasm of myeloblasts.
What are Auer rods?
400
Positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT), and increased bilirubin.
Mom is O neg
Baby is A pos
What is hemolytic disease of the new born (HDN)?
400
The most widely used method for counting and sizing microscopic particles suspended in a fluid.
What is the Coulter principle?
500
CLIA is a division of this federal agency.
What is Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)?
500
The earliest biomarker to increase during a myocardial infarction.
What is creatine kinase (CK)?
500
The name of this cell
What is a promyelocyte?
500
An increased MCV, a deficiency of vitamin B12 (or folate) and the presents of these cells are all found in this anemia.
What is megaloblastic anemia?
500
This blood type phenotype lacks the H antigen on the red cell membrane and has anti-H in the serum.
What is Bombay?