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LABORATORY TESTING
LAB VALUES/FNP
Question | Answer |
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LOW-TECH VS. HIGH TECH LABS | LOW-TECH:ASKING FOR AN INITIAL TEST, START WITH MANUAL METHOD FIRST (CHECK PULSE/BP)OR WITH A SCREENING TEST(CBC,UA) BEFORE GOING EXPENSIVE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS(HGB ELECTROPHOROSIS, CT SCAN)HIGH-TECH |
LAB TEST: CBC WITH DIFFERENTIAL/ WHAT WOULD THE NORMAL WBC'S BE? WHAT WOULD ELEVATED WBC'S INDICATE? | NORMAL 4.0-10.5 ELEVATED WBC'S-> 11.0 INFECTION (BACTERIAL),TRAUMA, BURNS ETC. LEUKOCYTOSIS |
CBC WITH DIFF. WHAT ARE THE NORMAL NEUTROPHILS? WHAT WOULD ELEVATED NEUTROPHILS INDICATE? | NORMAL: 56%-62% ELEVATED: >70% INDICATES BACTERIAL INFECTIONS |
CBC WITH DIFF. WHAT WOULD ELEVATED LYMPHOCYTES INDICATE? | ELEVATED: >10% USUALLY INDICATE VIRAL INFECTION, MONONUCLEOSIS, LYMPHOMA |
CBC WITH DIFF. WHAT WOULD ELEVATED EOSINOPHILS INDICATE? | ELEVATED: ALLERGIES OR ATOPY, INTESTINAL WORMS |
CREATININE | 1.3MG/DL |
POTASSIUM | <2.5 OR >5.5 NORMAL: 3.5-5.0 MEQ/L |
TSH | NORMAL: 0.4 - 4.2 LOWER THEN THIS IT'S HYPOTHYROID >5 HYPERTHYROID |