Quick Review Cards for Medical Laboratory Science

Drugs of Abuse Urine Screen Clinical Chemistry Review 118 Drugs routinely tested Amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, ca ...

Common Tumor Markers* Clinical Chemistry Review 119 TUMOR TYPE OF CANCER FOR WHICH MARKER MARKER IS MOST OFTEN USED CLINICAL USE ...

Common Tumor Markers*continued Clinical Chemistry Review 120 TYPE OF CANCER FOR WHICH MARKER IS MOST OFTEN USED CLINICAL USE COM ...

TERM EXPLANATION pH Acid Base Buffer Bicarbonate Carbonic acid Total CO 2 PCO 2 Henderson-Hasselbalch equation Acid-Base Balance ...

Acid-Base Balance Terminologycontinued Clinical Chemistry Review 122 Acidosis (acidemia) Alkalosis (alkalemia) Compensated acido ...

Acid-Base Imbalances Clinical Chemistry Review 123 CONDITION pH PCO 2 HCO 3 − COMPENSATION TO RE-ESTABLISH 20:1 RATIO Respirator ...

Arterial Blood Gases Terminology Clinical Chemistry Review 124 TERM EXPLANATION Hypoxemia Low O 2 content in arterial blood Hypo ...

Blood Gas Parameters Clinical Chemistry Review 125 REFERENCE RANGE PARAMETER MEASUREMENT OF: DERIVATION (ARTERIAL BLOOD) pH [H+] ...

Blood Gas Instrumentation Clinical Chemistry Review 126 DEVICE DESCRIPTION MEASURES CALIBRATION pH electrode PCO 2 electrode (Se ...

Sources of Error in Arterial Blood Gases Clinical Chemistry Review 127 ERROR EFFECT Hyperventilation ↓PCO 2 ,↑pH, ↑PO 2 Specimen ...

Calculated Chemistry Values Clinical Chemistry Review 128 VALUE CALCULATION NORMAL RANGE CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE A/G ratio Amylase ...

Calculated Chemistry Valuescontinued Clinical Chemistry Review 129 VALUE CALCULATION NORMAL RANGE CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE BUN-to-c ...

Calculated Chemistry Valuescontinued Clinical Chemistry Review 130 VALUE CALCULATION NORMAL RANGE CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE Calculat ...

Chemistry Calculations FORMULA EXAMPLE Beer’s law: Concentration of unknown = Absorbance of unknown × concentration of standard ...

Chemistry Calculationscontinued Clinical Chemistry Review 132 FORMULA EXAMPLE mmol/L = mEq/L valence Molarity (M) = grams per li ...

Chemistry Calculationscontinued Clinical Chemistry Review 133 FORMULA EXAMPLE % concentration = grams or milliliters per 100 mL ...

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3 SECTION Clinical Microbiology Review ...

Biosafety Levels Clinical Microbiology Review 136 LEVEL RISK TYPES OF AGENTS EXAMPLES OF AGENTS PRECAUTIONS I II III IV Standard ...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Classification of Biological Agents Clinical Microbiology Review 137 CATEGORY PRIORIT ...