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The science of analyzing body fluids to determine concentration of a prescribed drug present at a particular time correlating the concentration of the drug with its effect on the patient |
Therapeutic drug monitoring |
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When to monitor drugs |
1. Consequences of over/under dosing are serious 2. Narrow well defined range with only a small difference between therapeutic and toxic 3. Plasma drug levels are not predictable from dosage alone 4. Non compliant patient 5. Disease alters drug utilization 6. Drug interactions |
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Schedule I drugs |
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Metabolite metabolized in Heroin |
Morphine in urine |
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Metabolite metabolized in LSD |
LSD or nor-LSD in urine |
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Metabolite metabolized in Marijuana |
Delta 9 THC in urine |
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Schedule II drugs |
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Metabolite measures in Concaine |
Benzoylecgonine in urine |
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Metabolite measures in meth |
amphetamines |
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Metabolite measured in morphine |
morphine |
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metabolite measured in oxycodone (percodan) |
oxymorphone |
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metabolite measured in PCP |
phencyclidine |
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Schedule III drugs |
barbiturates |
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Metabolite measured in barbituates |
barbituates |
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Barbituates |
can fatally depress breathing |
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Opiates |
Morphine and Oxycodone |
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Schedule IV drugs |
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Metabolite measured in darvon, valium |
barbiturates |
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Therapeutic drugs: cardiac |
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Glycosides; digoxin, digitoxin |
increases strength of heart contraction |
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Beta blockers; lopressor |
decreases blood pressure and heart rate |
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Antidysrrythmic: lidocaine, procainamide, quinidine |
keeps heart stable |
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metabolite measured in antidysrrythmic |
procainamide becomes NAPA which is also an antidysrrhytmic drug |
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Anticonvulsants |
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Phenobarbital |
calms electrical storm |
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Primidone |
calms electrical storm |
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Metabolite measured in primidone |
becomes phenobarbital |
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Carbamazapine, benzodiazapine |
anticonvulsants |
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Bronchodilators |
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Albuterol |
long acting |
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Theophylline |
shorter acting |
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Metabolite measured in theophylline |
caffeine |
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Tricyclics (antidepressants) |
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Imipramine, amitryptiline, doxepen, lithium |
stabilize moods used for bipolar patients |
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Metabolites measured in imipramine |
disipramine |
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Metabolites measured in amitryptiline |
nortriptyline |
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metabolites measured in doxepen |
nordoxepen |
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Antipsychotic |
Chlozapine, Haloperidol |
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Chlozapine, Haloperidol |
treats schizophrenic patients |
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Antineoplastic |
methotrexate, cisplaten |
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methotrexate, cisplaten is given to |
cancer patients |
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what drugs need sheilded from light |
methotrexate |
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Immunosuppresants |
Cyclosporine, tacrolimus |
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Effectiveness of a drug over a population (responder/nonresponder) differences related to genetic polymorphisms of enzymes in cytochrome P450 pathway |
Pharmacogenomics |
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Lowest concentration to produce a desired effect |
MEC |
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Lowest concentration to produce toxic effects |
MTC |
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Max concentration of drug in the blood |
Peak |
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Lowest concentration in the blood |
through |
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drug absorbed/distributed equals amount metabolized and excreted equivalent amount of drugs that enter and leave the body |
Steady state |
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How many doses to reach steady state |
4-7 |
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Time between doses |
dosing interval |
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percent of drug taken that is systemically absorbed and reaches the site of action |
bioavailability |
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Amount of drug in the body to be reduced to 1/2 |
1/2 life |
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Sum of all procedures in the body to completely eliminate the drug from the body |
total plasma clearance |
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any product of metabolism as in the derivative of a drug |
metabolite |
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When to measure the peak/max drug |
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When to measure the trough/lowest |
right before new dose is given |
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The therapeutic dose is |
the ratio of MTC to MEC |
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When to increase dosing |
in renal/hepatic disease to reduce drug elimination |
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100% bio availability |
IV |
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Acid drug is bound to |
albumin |
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Basic drug is bound to |
alpha1-acid glycoprotein |
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What produces therapeutic response |
free fraction |
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Primary site of drug metabolism |
liver (first pass effect causes rapid metabolism) increased H20 solubility |
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Lipid soluble drugs |
Non ionized |
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What type of drug crosses the cell membrane |
non ionized |
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Drug metabolism assays measure |
total drug |
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Water soluble protein |
excreted by kidneys; bile, feces, saliva, air, and breast milk |
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Metabolized drugs: not active form; except |
Primidone, Procainamide, Theophylline, TCAs |
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Formula to calculate to drug clearance |
V=D/c |
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polar hydrophilic drugs |
small V |
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Clearance is a |
first order kinetics |
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Higher Concentration of drugs |
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Lower concentration of drugs |
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Drug elimination calculations |
C=Ce^kt |
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The study of poisons, substances, and their effect on the human body (50% suicide/ 30% accidental) |
toxicology |
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Gases |
CO |
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CO |
odorless/colorless/tasteless |
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What is dichloromethane is converted to |
CO in body |
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CO found as carboxyhemoglobin the absorbance is |
higher (@1-5% Hb) |
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Fraction of poisoning that are CO |
1/3 |
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Blood sample for CO |
Whole blood (EDTA) |
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Method for testing CO |
scanning spectrophotometer (555nm to 541nm) |
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Treat CO |
give 100% O2/hyperbaric chamber CO-oximeter |
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Volatiles |
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Ethanol is absorbed by |
gastric mucosa |
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CO metabolized by the |
liver into acetaldehyde (toxic) to acetic acid to kreb cycle |
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Tests for Ethanol |
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Osmolar gap |
2(Na)+Glu/20+Bun/3 |
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Isopropanol converts to |
acetone 240mL fatal no metabolic acidosis |
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Methanol converts to |
formaldehydge to formic acid "wood alcohol" Metabolic acidosis 20-30mL fatal |
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Ethylene glycol converts to |
oxalate and hippuric acid |
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Huffing |
difluoroethane, freon: GC |
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Corrosives cause |
Metabolic acidosis and alkalosis |
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Cyanide |
Corrosive Binds heme iron and cytochrome oxidase |
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Cyanide symptoms |
headaches, dizziness, respiratory depression, seizure, coma, and death |
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Metals |
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Lead |
Metal
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Arsenic |
High affinity binding to thio groups |
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Cadmium |
paint used in electroplating protein binding accumulate: renal tubular necrosis |
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Mercury |
Protein binding/inhibits many enzymes neurologic/renal dysfunction |
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Pesticides |
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How to measure pesticides |
Pseudocholinesterase |
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Salicylates is |
aspirin |
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Salicylate overdose starts as |
respiratory alkalosis (increase water loss) then metabolic acidosis |
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Treat salicylates |
ionized to bicarbonate infusions (7.6-8.0) |
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Acetaminophen |
Tylenol |
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Acetaminophen is converted to |
glucuronide in the liver and sulfate conjugate |
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What to monitor in acetaminophen |
creatinine and prothrombin before and after |
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How to treat with acetaminophen overdose |
oral activated charcoal and hydrate w/ hypoglycemia |
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Acetaminophen exposure |
64% |
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Acetaminophen falaties
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62% |
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Mechanism acetaminophen |
liver toxicity |
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Determine acetaminophen |
Rumack-Matthew |
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Aspirin Exposure |
17% |
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Aspirin Fatalities |
34% |
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Mechanism Aspirin |
Acid-Base Imbalance |
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Determine aspirin |
Done monogram |
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Treat aspirin |
activated charcoal, bicarbonate infusions, for acid-base imbalance |
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Ibuprofen exposure |
19% |
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Ibuprofen fatalities |
4% |
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Mechanisms of Ibuprofen overdose |
fatality to oliguric renal failure GI bleeding mixed acid-base balance |
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Determine Ibuprofen |
Nomogram Hall et al |
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Treat Ibuprofen |
Activated charcoal bicarb infusion or dialysis; supportive measures |
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Toxi-lab |
TLC |
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Drug Screening |
Immunoassay |
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Reference method of drug screening |
GC |
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No antidote to over dose |
Amphetamines
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Treat barbituates |
Supportive therapy, urinary alkalinization (prevents barbituates reabsroption) |
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Benzos treat alcohol withdraw |
mix with alcohol very toxic |
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Adluterants interfer with |
immunoassays |
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NIDA-5 |
1. amphetamine/methamphetamine 2. cannabinoids 3. Cocaine 4. Opiates 5. PCP |
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Confrim drugs |
GC/MS |
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Prostate cancer |
Incidence: 29% Death- 9% |
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Lung Cancer |
Incidence: 15% Death: 31/26% |
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Colorectal cancer |
Incidence: 10/11% Death 9/10% |
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Breast Cancer |
Incidence: 26% Death: 15% |
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Single, original transformed cell, lose of regulatory function, proliferative eventually invade (metastases) normal tissues |
Clonal theory |
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Phases of Clonal theory |
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induction phase |
>30 years or more (3/4 to carcinogens) |
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In situ phase |
transformed cells develop into cancer, remains localized |
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Invasion pahse |
penetrates basement membrane moves to blood and lymphatic vessels |
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Dissemination phase |
1 to 5 years tumor spreads acquire additional bloody supply (angiogenesis) |
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Formation of tumors, occur due to mutation of growth factors, tumore suppressor, cell cycle and oncogenes |
Tumorgenesis |
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spreading of tumors |
metastasis |
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expressed during the development of the feetus then re expressed in the tumor |
oncofetal antigens |
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present in or produced by the tumor/resemble fetal tissue anaplastic with out form, monitor therapy |
Tumor marker |
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AFP |
germ cell tumors, liver cancer |
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HCG |
Germ cell and trophoblastic tumors |
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CEA |
colorectal, breast lung cancer |
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CA 15-3, 27.29 |
monitor recurrence of breast cnacer |
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Hormone receptors |
breast cancer therapy |
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CA-125 |
ovarian cancer monitoring |
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Total PSA |
Screen/monitor prostate cancer (glycoprotein) 4.1-10ng/ml and %PSA <24% |
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Free PSA |
distinguish prostate cancer from BPH |
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Alkaline phosphatase |
bone live leukemia (isoenzyme) |
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CK |
Enzyme prostatic, lung, breast, colon, ovarian |
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Lactate dehydrogenase |
Enzyme 2,3, 4 (Lymphoma/leukemia) 5 Liver |
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Hormone tumor marker |
secreting tumors neuroblastoma pituitary/adrenal gland |
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Beta-human chronic gonadotropin+ AFP |
grem cell tumors |
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Calcitonin |
thyroid carcinomas |
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Adrenocorticotropin |
anterior pituitary >200ng/dL |
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Immunoglobulins |
Protien MM Immunofxation/SPEP |
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Alpha-fetoproteins |
Protein (80% liver, raised in heptitis/cirrhosis) |
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CEA |
Oncofetal Ag Colorectal adhesion protein |
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CA 15-3, 27.29 |
Carbohydrate Ag or secreted |
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CA 27.29 |
recurrent blood group mucin |
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CA 19-9 |
pancreatic cancer |
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Lewis (=) |
no CA 19-9 |
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excessive marker concentration results in false low |
hook effect; eliminated by two step immunometric assay |
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Lipemia, hemolysis, ab cross reactivity |
interferences in immunoassay: two site immunometric |
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circulating Ab against animal immunoglobulin |
heterophile Ab |
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Suppression of interference |
Non specific IgG |
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Blood pH |
7.35-7.45 |
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pCO2 |
35-45mmHg |
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pO2 |
85-108 mmHg |
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HCO3 |
22-26mmol/L |
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O2 saturation |
>95%
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glass electrode |
pH |
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severinghous electrode |
pCO2 H+ ions read |