loose clusters of small spherical microconidia, positive urease ✔✔Trichophyton
mentagrophytes
BHCG tumor marker ✔✔chorocarcinoma
5HIAA ✔✔carcinoid tumors
Proteus vulgaris vs P. mirabilis indole test ✔✔P. vulgaris is indole pos. P. mirabilis
is indole neg
Hydatid cyst fluid ✔✔used to neutralize Anti-P1 antibody
Antacid overdose ✔✔Check pH
Prolonged PT, PTT, and thrombin after collecting from catheter ✔✔heparin
contamination
mixing study that was performed with a prolonged PTT that couldn't be
corrected ✔✔DRVVT
(Dilute Russell Viper Venom Test)
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two pt's ran in duplicate (PT and PTT). The PTT seemed to always be prolonged
but PT looked
ok ✔✔check the CaCl/phospholipid reagent delivery
Patient is on coumadin therapy, what will be affected ✔✔Decreased protein C
Lot's of stomatocytes ✔✔Liver disease
Burr cells ✔✔Uremia
Picture of target cells with hemoglobin C crystals. The white count was high on
instrument 1, so
a second instrument was used with a stronger lysing agent, and the white count
was corrected
✔✔anti-lysing target cells are what increased the white count? Erythrocytes
containing
hemoglobin C do not lyse normally (sickle cell diseases)
A sodium citrate tube was drawn for a HCT on a pt but the hematocrit was
abnormal
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✔✔recollect with decreased anticoagulant. high hct (>55%) causes low plasma
so you need less
anticoagulant
Question that gives a red blood cells count, HGB, and HCT. I did the rule of 3 and
found that the
HGB didn't meet the rule of 3 because it was too high ✔✔check for lipemia
(elevates HGB)
PBS with an elevated reticulocyte count and howell jolly bodies in the RBC's
✔✔Prussian blue
for howell jolly bodies made of iron. Prussian blue stain, which is not taken up
by reticulocytes,
is helpful in differentiating the two.
what is composed of DNA? ✔✔howell jolly bodies
what falsely increases ESR ✔✔vibration, tilting of tube, higher temps, >1 hr test
time, improper
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