BMP
Tests included in BMP correct answers Glucose, Calcium, CO2, Chloride, Potassium,
Sodium, Blood Urea Nitrogen, Creatinine
Why test Glucose? correct answers Major nutrient for brain and other cells
What is released when glucose is high/low? correct answers High: insulin released
Low: glucagon released
What conditions result in high/low glucose? correct answers High: DM 1&2, Cushing
syndrome, chronic renal failure, Acute pancreatitis, Corticosteroid therapy
Low: hypothyroidism, hypopituitatism, Addison's disease, Insulin overdose, Starvation
Why test Calcium? correct answers Monitor renal dysfunction, hyperparathyroidism,
and blood transfuions
(calcium is monitored by parathyroid hormone and Vitamin D)
What is actions is calcium involved in in the body? correct answers Coagulation, nerve
transmission, skeletal and cardiac muscle excitability
What conditions arise from high/low calcium? correct answers High:
Hyperparathyroidism, Paget's disease of the bone, Metastatic tumor to bone,
Lymphoma, Addison's Disease, Hyperthyroidism
Low: Hypoparathyroidism, Renal Failure, Rickets, Vitamin D deficiency, Osteomalacia,
Pancreatitis
What tests can be used to assess acid-base balance? correct answers CO2 and
Chloride
Why order CO2? correct answers Helps determine pH status
-PCO2 also measures this, but is done via arterial blood gases, where CO2 is venous
blood. CO2 is easy and convenient to measure when already testing for Elytes
What conditions disrupt pH?
High/low CO2? correct answers pH disruption: Renal dz, pulmonary conditions
HIGH: severe diarrhea, vomiting, emyphysema, Aldosteronism, Metabolic alkalosis
LOW: Renal failure, salicylate toxicity, DM ketoacidosis, Metabolic acidosis, shock
What tests are done in an Electrolyte Panel? correct answers Chloride, Sodium and
Potassium
Tests included in BMP correct answers Glucose, Calcium, CO2, Chloride, Potassium,
Sodium, Blood Urea Nitrogen, Creatinine
Why test Glucose? correct answers Major nutrient for brain and other cells
What is released when glucose is high/low? correct answers High: insulin released
Low: glucagon released
What conditions result in high/low glucose? correct answers High: DM 1&2, Cushing
syndrome, chronic renal failure, Acute pancreatitis, Corticosteroid therapy
Low: hypothyroidism, hypopituitatism, Addison's disease, Insulin overdose, Starvation
Why test Calcium? correct answers Monitor renal dysfunction, hyperparathyroidism,
and blood transfuions
(calcium is monitored by parathyroid hormone and Vitamin D)
What is actions is calcium involved in in the body? correct answers Coagulation, nerve
transmission, skeletal and cardiac muscle excitability
What conditions arise from high/low calcium? correct answers High:
Hyperparathyroidism, Paget's disease of the bone, Metastatic tumor to bone,
Lymphoma, Addison's Disease, Hyperthyroidism
Low: Hypoparathyroidism, Renal Failure, Rickets, Vitamin D deficiency, Osteomalacia,
Pancreatitis
What tests can be used to assess acid-base balance? correct answers CO2 and
Chloride
Why order CO2? correct answers Helps determine pH status
-PCO2 also measures this, but is done via arterial blood gases, where CO2 is venous
blood. CO2 is easy and convenient to measure when already testing for Elytes
What conditions disrupt pH?
High/low CO2? correct answers pH disruption: Renal dz, pulmonary conditions
HIGH: severe diarrhea, vomiting, emyphysema, Aldosteronism, Metabolic alkalosis
LOW: Renal failure, salicylate toxicity, DM ketoacidosis, Metabolic acidosis, shock
What tests are done in an Electrolyte Panel? correct answers Chloride, Sodium and
Potassium
