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Chemistry
Coags and ABGs
Hematology
Cardiac
Critical Values
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The cation that controls the absorption of sodium, potassium, calcium, and phosphorus
What is magnesium?
100
therapeutic INR range
What is 2.0-3.0
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Carries oxygen throughout tissues
What is hemoglobin
100
Value which most accurately indicates mycardial injury
What is troponin
100
Potassiums normal values are 3.5-5. What values would be considered critical?
What is <2.5 and >6
200
The imbalance which may cause peaked t waves on an ECG
What is hyperkalemia?
200

The hemostatic plug formation, clot retraction, and coagulation factor activation.

Platelets (normal 150,000-400, 000)

If less than 10,000 platelet transfusion needed

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Type of white blood cell which is the first line of defense against infection via phagocytosis
What are neutraphils
200
Two labs that indicate muscle damage that is not necessarily cardiac specific
What are CK and CK MB
200
The normal value of sodium is 135-145. What values would be considered critical?
What is <120 >160
300
The imbalance most commonly associated with the lethal arrhythmia torsades de pointes
What is hypomagnesemia?
300
The acid base imbalance most commonly associated with COPD
What is respiratory acidosis
300
Lab result commonly depressed by steriod use
What is WBCs
300
Troponin value that indicates cardiac damage
What is troponin greater than 0.05
300
What would be a critical result requiring stat PRBCs for correction?
What is hgb <6
400
What cation regulates the retention and excretion of water?
What is sodium?
400
The lab value used to determine heparin's therapeutic effectiveness
What is PTT
400
Three possible causes of low hemoglobin
What are anemia, hemorrhage/ bleeding, fluid overload, fluid retention, cancer
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Hormone whose elevation indicates CHF crisis
What is BNP
400
The normal value of magnesium is 1.6-2.6. What values would be considered critical?
What is <1.2 >6.1
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Three labs which you may expect to be critically high the day of a dialysis treatment
What are BUN, Creatinine, and potassium
500

The acid base imbalance most commonly associated with sepsis

What is metabolic acidosis

500

Immature neutraphils ("bands") present on a CBC differential which indicate sepsis

What is a left shift

500
First line tx for elevated BNP
What is diuresis
500
The normal value of calcium is 8.2- 10.6. what values would be considered critical?
What is <7 >12