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The sum or total of your physical, mental, and social health is called
The way the parts and systems of your body work together is called
Which term refers to orders that receive priority in the clinical laboratory's testing queue and should be reserved for situations in which a result is needed for urgent medical care?
Screening or Confirmatory testing?- Purpose is to identify treatable conditions in healthy individuals without symptoms because early diagnosis and intervention lead to improved long-term outcomes- Less expensive and more widely available- Designed to identify all individuals who may have the disease of interest
What color do gram-positive bacteria stain?
What color do gram-negative bacteria stain?
Screening or Confirmatory testing?- Intended to correctly separate those individuals who have a disease from those who do not
Which term refers to values of test results that indicate immediate risk to the health or life of the patient and therefore require urgent communication with the ordering provider?
Inflammatory or Septic arthritis?- Volume: often > 3.5 mL- Clarity: opaque- Color: yellow-green- Viscosity: variable- WBC/mm3: 15,000-100,000- % PMN: > 75- Culture: positive
Joint effusion or signs suggestive of inflammation within the joint without a known cause is indication for which analysis?
Traumatic puncture or Subarachnoid hemorrhage?- CSF pressure: low- Duration of bleeding: decreases when CSF is withdrawn- Clotting: present- Repeat LP: not bloody- Centrifugation: clear fluid
What is the medical term for the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream?
Inflammatory or Septic arthritis?- Volume: often > 3.5 mL- Clarity: translucent-opaque- Color: yellow-clear- Viscosity: low- WBC/mm3: 2,000-100,000- % PMN: > 50- Culture: negative
Bacterial or Viral meningitis?- Opening pressure: usually normal- Appearance: clear- Protein: normal-elevated- Glucose: normal-elevated- WBCs: 50-300 mm3 w/ lymphocytes- Gram stain: negative
An elevation in which type of cells can indicate contamination of a clean catch urine specimen?
Why is increased ICP a contraindication for an LP? What should be done first if suspicious of increased ICP?
Gout or Pseudogout?- Monosodium urate crystals- Needle-shaped- Negatively birefringent
Contraindications for an LP:- Local _____ _____- Spinal _____ or brain _____- Increased _____ (mass lesion, obstruction, etc.) - _____ / bleeding diathesis (platelet < 50,000, platelet dysfunction, INF > 1.4)- Poor patient _____
Traumatic puncture or Subarachnoid hemorrhage?- CSF pressure: high- Duration of bleeding: no change when CSF is withdrawn- Clotting: absent- Repeat LP: bloody- Centrifugation: xanthochromia
Gout or Pseudogout?- Calcium pyrophosphate crystals- Rhomboid-shaped (pillows)- Positively birefringent