BOC ASCP CHEMISTRY 2024
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Following overnight fasting, hypoglycemia in adults is defined
as a glucose of:
a. < or equal to: 70 mg/dL (3.9 mmol/L)
b. < or equal to: 60 mg/dL (3.3 mmol/L)
c. < or equal to: 55 mg/dL (3.0 mmol/L)
d. < or equa...
Following overnight fasting, hypoglycemia in adults is defined
as a glucose of:
a. < or equal to: 70 mg/dL (3.9 mmol/L)
b. < or equal to: 60 mg/dL (3.3 mmol/L)
c. < or equal to: 55 mg/dL (3.0 mmol/L)
d. < or equal to: 45 mg/dL (2.5 mmol/L) ANSWER d. < or equal
to: 45 mg/dL (2.5 mmol/L)
diagnosis of hypoglycemia in adults
The following results are from a 21-year old patient with a back
injury who appears otherwise healthy:
The best interpretation of these results is that:
a. the whole blood and serum values are expected, but the
CSF value is elevated
b. the whole blood glucose value should be higher than the
serum value
c. all values are consistent with a normal healthy individual
d. the serum and whole blood values should be identical
ANSWER c. all values are consistent with a normal healthy
individual
body fluid glucose reference range
, CSF should be 50 - 80 mg/100 mL (or greater than 2/3 of the
blood sugar level).
The preparation of a patient for standard glucose tolerance
testing should include:
a. a high carbohydrate diet for 3 days
b. a low carbohydrate diet for 3 days
c. fasting for 48 hours prior to testing
d. bed rest for 3 days ANSWER a. a high carbohydrate diet for
3 days
GGT diet preparation
If fasting glucose was 90 mg/dL, which of the following 2-hour
postprandial glucose results would most closely represent
normal glucose metabolism?
a. 55 mg/dL (3.0 mmol/L)
b. 100 mg/dL (5.5 mmol/L)
c. 180 mg/dL (9.9 mmol/L)
d. 260 mg/dL (14.3 mmol/L) ANSWER b. 100 mg/dL (5.5
mmol/L)
normal 2-hour postprandial value
A healthy person with a blood glucose of 80 mg/dL (4.4
mmol/L) would have a simultaneously determined
cerebrospinal fluid glucose value of:
a. 25 mg/dL (1.4 mmol/L)
b. 50 mg/dL (2.3 mmol/L)
c. 100 mg/dL (5.5 mmol/L)
d. 150 mg/dL (8.3 mmol/L) ANSWER b. 50 mg/dL (2.3 mmol/L)
ratio of CSF glucose to blood glucose
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