Which increased lab value would indicate multiple myeloma? Right Ans -
Total Protein
What is used to test for suspected hepatic disease and protein deficiency?
Right Ans - Total Protein
A decrease in this lab would indicate pregnancy, cytotoxic drugs, and dietary
deficiency Right Ans - Total Protein (TP)
Which enzymes leak out of the liver when injured? Right Ans - ALT, AST
Which elevated enzymes indicate liver injury? Right Ans - ALT, AST
Which enzyme is specific for liver? Right Ans - ALT
Which enzyme is specific for skeletal muscle and cardiac? Right Ans - AST
A decrease in this enzyme indicates advanced cirrhosis or hepatitis. Right
Ans - ALT, AST
Which enzymes are used to diagnose and monitor liver disease and screen
patients on meds that can produce liver damage? Right Ans - ALT, AST
Which family of enzymes is found in all body tissues? Right Ans - ALP
Obstructed bile ducts, new bone formation in children, and Paget's disease
Right Ans - What does an increase in ALP indicate?
Assess vit d tx of rickets, detect biliary obstructing hepatic lesions,
supplement other hepatic studies, detect osteoblastic skeletal disease, alcohol
ingestion with cirrhosis patients. Right Ans - What do you use ALP for?
prostatic cancer, Right Ans - What is PSA used for {243}
nothing! Right Ans - What does a decrease in PSA mean?
BPH, prostate cancer Right Ans - What does an increase in PSA mean?
, TSH Right Ans - Which enzyme is secreted by the anterior piruitary and is
responsible for increase T3 and T4 secretion by the thyroid gland?
Increase Right Ans - Hypothyroidism, thyroidism, or inadequate hormone
therapy indicates an INCREASE or DECREASE of TSH?
Hyperthyroidism, excess levothyroxine intake, pituitary failure, hypothalamic
failure Right Ans - What would you expect to see with decreased TSH
levels?
diagnose hypo/hyperthyroidism and monitor synthroid therapy Right Ans
- What are TSH levels tested for?
T4 and T3 are decreased; TSH is increased Right Ans - In myxedema, what
thyroid enzymes are increased and which are decreased?
T4 and T3 are increased; TSH is decreased Right Ans - In thyrotoxicosis,
which thyroid enzymes are elevated and which ones are decreased?
T4 Right Ans - Which enzyme is the principal hormone secreted by the
thyroid gland in response to TSH?
Dehydration Right Ans - What would cause an increase in albumin?
to evaluate edema, liver disease, and suspected malnutrition Right Ans -
What would you use an Albumin test for?
Albumin Right Ans - A DECREASE in which enzyme would indicate
malnutrition, liver disorder, chronic diseases, BURNS, nephrotic syndrome,
chronic kidney failure, or Hodgkin's disease?
starch and glucose Right Ans - Amylase breaks down what?
Amylase, increased Right Ans - For evaluation for perforated peptic ulcer,
which enzyme would you check? and would it be increased or decreased?
Amylase Right Ans - Pancreatitis, chronic renal failure, and
macroamylasemia would show an INCREASE of which enzyme?
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