Clinical Chemistry

electrolytes - Answer ions capable of carrying an electric charge cations - Answer positively charged electrolytes are called what anions - Answer negatively charged electrolytes are called what sodium; potassium; calcium; magnesium - Answer Positively charged electrolytes (4) chloride; bicarbonate - Answer Negatively charged electrolytes (2) sodium - Answer the most abundant extracellular cation; contributes to the osmolality of extracellular fluid; essential fo...

what are the 4 basic disciplines (techniques) of analytic chemistry ? - Answer 1. spectrometry 2. luminescence 3. electroanalytic methods 4. chromatography Spectrophotometry - what is it? instrument measures what? what is the principle (what happens when light passes through an object)? - Answer -measurement of light at a selected wavelength -instruments measure light intensity, using filters to select the incident wavelength -principle: light passes through an object will be par...

energy is transmitted via - Answer electromagnetic waves distance between 2 successive peaks - Answer Wavelength Infrared Region wavelength - Answer >700nm visible light region wavelength - Answer 400-700nm UV region wavelength - Answer <380nm or <400 region wavelength The Longer the wavelength,the more visible it is (T/F) - Answer True longest and shortest wavelength colors - Answer Red&Violet number of vibrations of wave per second is known as - Answ...

Reagent - Answer mixture of chemicals formulated to perform a specific test for a specific analyte on a specific instrument and/or procedure Biuret Reagent - Answer used on spectrophotometer, determines protein in serum or plasma Methods of Water purification - Answer Distillation, Deionization, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration Solute - Answer substance dissolved in liquid Analyte - Answer biologic solutes Solvent - Answer liquid in which solute is being disolved So...

Clinical - Answer Greek word "Kline", meaning bed Chemical Pathology, Clinical Biochemistry, Medical Biochemistry - Answer other names of clinical chemistry sub-specialties of clinical chemistry - Answer General or Routine Chemistry or Automated Chemistry Special Chemistry Special Chemistry - Answer Clinical Endocrinology Toxicology Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Tumor Marker CLINICAL CHEMISTRY section - Answer most automated area of the laboratory. Instruments a...

35-45 - Answer Normal range for PCO2 in ABG: >79 - Answer Normal range for PO2 in ABG: 23-30 mmol/L - Answer Normal range for CO2 in ABG: 135-145 meq/L - Answer Normal range for serum sodium: 3.5-5 meq/L - Answer Normal range for serum potassium: 96-106 meq/L - Answer Normal range for serum chloride: Bessey-Lowry-Brock - Answer Method used for determining ALP activity: Para-nitrophenylphosphate - Answer Substrate used in the Bessey-Lowry-Brock test...

Which of the following is the percent concentration of a solution (w/v) containing 300g of MgCl2 dissolved in 2.5L of distilled water? a. 12% b. 13% c. 24% d. 25% - Answer a. 12% Which of the following is the molarity of a solution containing 400g of HCl dissolved in 1.5 liters of distilled water? (gms of HCl = 36) a. 6.4M b. 6.3M c. 7.4M d. 7.8M - Answer c. 7.4M A 24-hour urine sample submitted to the laboratory for creatinine determination has a total volume of 1500mL. A 1:...

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY -Answer Branch of medical science involved in the analysis of biological materials, usually body fluids, to provide diagnostic results on the state of the human body SPECTROPHOTOMETRY -Answer Uses prism or grating to isolate a narrow range of wavelength of light; VISIBLE SPECTRUM AND INVISIBLE SPECTRUM -Answer two kinds of light; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT -Answer (400 nm) visible spectrum INFRARED LIGHT -Answer (700 nm) invisible spectrum NEPHELOMETRY -An...

Blue top tube - Answer Sodium citrate, coagulation studies Purple top tube - Answer EDTA hematology and some chemistry Gray top tube - Answer Serum inside Sodium fluoride Test glucose Yellow or red top tube - Answer Nothing inside Test: serum for chemistry - Answer Inside: gel and clot activator, serum separator Green top tube - Answer Heparin inside Tests plasma for chemistry Navy Blue Top Tube - Answer Inside special wash Test: trace elements ...

What tests can be done to asses renal function? - Answer Blood urea nitrogen(BUN) Creatinine Electrolytes Uric acid Creatinine clearance What is the formula for creatinine clearance? - Answer CC=UxV/P Renal threshold - Answer the concentration above which the substance cannot be totally reabsorbed and is excreted in the urine. Azotemia - Answer an increased blood urea and other NPN compounds Uremia - Answer an increased urea/BUN Cystitis - Answer a bladder in...