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MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF WHITE CELLS, PLATELET ESTIMATION AND RBC MORPHOLOGY. DONE ON SLIDE (SMEARS) |
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| EVALUATION OF RENAL FUNCTION AND ACID-BASE BALANCE |
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| INVESTIGATION OF ALLERGIC DISORDERS, PIN WORMS |
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| THE SETTLING OF CELLS IN A VOLUME OF DRAWN BLOOD. INFLAMMATORY DISEASE PROCESS. |
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| ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE ( ESR ) |
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COAGULATION FACTORS II, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIII. DETECT SPECIFIC COAGULATION FACTOR DEFICIENCES |
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| ALSO FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS (FDP). THIS TEST MEASURES THE BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS OF FIBRIN AND FIBRINOGEN |
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| FIBRIN SPLIT PRODUCTS ( FSP) |
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| (FACTOR 1) FIBRINOGEN IS A PLASMA PROTEIN FORMED IN THE LIVER . IT IS CONVERTED TO FIBRIN DURING THE CLOTTING PROCESS. FIBRIN THREADS ARE A NECESSARY BASIS FOR A FIRM BLOOD CLOT. THEREFORE, LACK OF FIBRINOGEN CAN LEAD TO SEVERE HEMMORAGE |
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| AN ANTIBIOTIC. LEVELS ARE USUALLY DRAWN BEFORE AND AFTER THE DOSE IS GIVEN, (PEAK AND TROUGH) |
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| A SUGAR ALSO KNOWN AS DEXTROSE. SCREENING FOR HYPO AND HYPERGLYCEMIA, CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM DISORDERS |
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| (GTT) A METABOLIC TEST OF CARBOHYDRATE TOLERENCE, DRAWN AT HOURLY INTERVALS. BLOOD SUGAR SHOULD RETURN TO NORMAL IN 2-21 HOURS AFTER INGESTING 100g OF GLUCOSE. |
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| THE IRON CONTAINING PIGMENT OF THE RED BLOOD CELL. IT'S FUNCTION IS TO CARRY OXYGEN FROM THE LUNGS TO THE TISSUES, INCLUDED IN THE CBC. |
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| INDIVIDUAL TESTS FOR HEPATITIS A OR HEP B, SURFACE ANTIGEN OR ANTIBODY: INDICATES REMOTE OR CURRENT INFECTION |
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| DETECTS THE NON-GENITAL AND GENITAL VIRAL INFECTIONS |
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| INCREASES WITH LIVER DISEASE; DECREASES WITH KIDNEY DISEASE, BLOOD LOSS, CANCER, MALABSORPTION |
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| ( FE & IBC) IRON AND IRON BINDING CAPACITY |
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| (MILK SUGAR)TO DETERMINE IF THE PATIENT IS DEFICIENT OF THE ENZYME LACTASE. DRAWN AT HOURLY INTERVALS AFTER THE PATIENT HAS INGESTED 100g IF LACTOSE DISSOLVED IN WATER |
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| INCREASED WITH MI, LIVER DISEASE AND METASTATIC CA |
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| LDH ( LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE) |
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| A CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDER |
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| LE CELLS; LE PREP ( LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS) |
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| A TYPE OF FAT IN THE BLOOD |
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| INCLUDES GGT, SGPT, BILIRUBIN, ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE |
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| EVALUATION OF METABOLIC DISORDERS. DECREASES WITH RENAL DISEASE, ALCOHOLISM, PANCREATITIS, MALASORPTION, ETC.. |
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| (MONONUCLEOSIS) A VIRAL DISEASE IN WHICH MONOCYTES ARE INCREASED AND LYMPH NODES ENLARGED |
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| EVALUATION OF PHOSPHORUS METABOLISM |
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| A PROTEIN PRODUCED IN THE LIVER AND IS INDEPENDENT ON THE PRESENCE OF VITAMIN K. DURING THE CLOTTING PROCESS, PROTHROMBIN IS CONVERTED TO THROMBIN. (FACTOR II) EVALUATION OF EXTRINSIC COAGULATION SYSTEM |
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| EVALUATION FO THE INTRINSIC COAGULATION SYSTEM. PATIENTS ON HEPARIN THERAPY ARE MONITORED BY PTT |
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| PTT ( PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME ) |
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| YOUNG RED BLOOD CELLS NEWLY DELIVERED INTO THE CIRCULATION FROM THE BONE MARROW |
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| MAY BE CALLED VDRL ( VENERAL DISEASE RESEARCH LABORATORIES) ; RPR ( RAPID PLASMA REAGIN ); STS (SEROLOGIC TEST FOR SYPHILIS). MANY STATES REQUIRE SYPHILIS TEST ON ALL ADMISSIONS AND/OR EMPLOYEES |
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| INCREASES WITH LIVER DISEASE, HEART DISEASE, SKELETAL MUSCLE DAMAGE, MI |
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SGOT ( SERUM GLUTAMIC OXALOCETIC TRANSAMINASE )
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| INCREASES WITH LIVER DISEASE, HEPATITIS, CIRRHOSIS, JAUNDICE |
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| DIAGNOSIS OF SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, A HERIDITARY ANEMIA CHARACTERIZED BY SICKLE-SHAPED ERYTHROCYTES |
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| REGULATES WATER BALANCE ANDD ACID BALANCE, INCREASES WITH HYPERTENSION, KIDNEY DISEASE, DEHYDRATION, DIABETES |
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| INCLUDES T3, T4, T7, TSH, FTI. DETERMINES THYROID FUNCTION SUCH AS HYPO OR HYPERTHYROIDISM |
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| A TYPE OF FAT IN THE BLOOD |
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| INCREASES WITH GOUT, UREMIA, ACIDOSIS |
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| ALSO KNOWN AS D-XYLOSE ABSORPTION TEST. BLOOD AND URINE ARE COLLECTED AFTER THE PATIENT HAS INGESTED 25g OF XYLOSE, DIOGNOSIS OF MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES |
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