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| What is the major cation in the extracellular space? |
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| Patient scenario: Patient with SIADH and asked which lab abnormality wuold most likely be seen? |
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| What major cation is in the intracellular space? |
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| Which ion accompanies sodium excesses in attempt to maintain electrical neutrality? |
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| Formula for corrected calcium: |
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| 0.8 (4-serum albumin) + total Ca |
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| What is the MCC of hypercalcemia? |
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| Which of the following may decrease calcium levels? |
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| Ca and What have an inverse relationship? |
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| A urine dipstick only measures urine if protein is: |
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| Home glucose monitoring shows results____ lower than plasma? |
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| Used to eval endogenous insulin production? |
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| What indirectly measures TBG? |
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| Patient scenario: High/low T4, normal TSH, normal FTI, what is the diagnosis? |
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| What can be obtained to remove any concern about TBG abnormalities? |
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| What can be used as a tumor marker for thyroid malignancy? |
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| What is NOT detected by the nitroprusside reaction? |
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| Decreased TSH can indicate? |
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| Cortisol is highest when? |
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| Diagnose Cushing's by preforming what? |
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| Overnight dexamethasone suppresion test |
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| Renin is elevated in what? |
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| Which one is a metabolite? |
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| What stimulates the kidneys to reabsorb sodium and decreases renal loss/works in distal tuble and collecting duct? |
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| Opening/closing the hand with a tourniquet in place increases what? how? |
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Potassium
Through hemolysis |
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| Non-protein bound calcium (active form) AKA: |
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| 8 hour fast prior to collection of... |
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| Decreased C-peptide in what? |
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| Diabetes/Insulin deficiency |
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| Weakness, paralysis, hyporeflexia, ileus, cardiac dysarthyrmias? |
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| What serves as a buffer to assist in acid-base balance and goes into the cell as bicarb moves extracellularly? |
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| Increased Sodium caused by? |
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| Hypoaldosterone with decreased Sodium and Aldosterone |
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| Cushing's with aldosterone effect |
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| Increased Mg Levels cause what? |
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| widened PR and QT intervals |
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| In hyperaldosteronism, renin??? |
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| decreases because it causes HTN |
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| Crockcoft Gault equation: |
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Male GFR= (140-age) x body weight(kg)
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Pcr (mg/dL) x 72
x 0.85 for women! |
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