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Chain of infection requires a continuous link between

Source


Mode of transmission


Susceptible host

6 components of chain of infection

Infectious agent


Reservoir


Exit portal


Mode of transmission


Entry portal


Susceptible host

IREMES

The primary method of infection transmission

Hand contact

Best way to break the chain of infection

Handwashing

In handwashing, rub to form a lather, create _____, and loosen debris

Friction

In handwashing, rinse hands in ______ position

Downward

Handwashing song

Happy birthday 2x

All biological waste, except urine, must be placed in appropriate containers labeled with ______ symbol

Biohazard

The color of the biohazard label is

Fluorescent orange

Disinfection of the sink using ___ dilution of sodium hypochlorite

1:10

Sharp hazards are disposed in

puncture -resistant containers

Best first aid in chemical spills

Flush area with amounts of water for at least 15 minutes

For alkali and acid burns in the eye, wash out thoroughly with ______ for 15 minutes

Running water

Order of adding



Water to acid


Acid to water

Acid to water

Color for specific hazard

White

Color for health hazard

Blue

Color of fire hazard

Red

Color for instability hazard

White

All electric equipment is grounded in a ________ to avoid electric shock

3-pronged plug

Three circles overlapping each other

Biohazard symbol

RACE meaning

Rescue


Alarm


Contain


Exit/extinguish

PASS meaning

Pull


Aim


Squeeze


Sweep

FlammaBle liquid

Type B

EleCtrical equipment hazard

Type C

Flammable metals hazard



Extinguisher: sanD

Type D

Explosive hazards

Type E

Kooking media: grease, oils and fats hazard

Type K

pAper, wood, cloth hazard

Type A

Basic structural & functional unit of kidney

Nephron

______ million nephrons per kidney

1-1.5

Total Renal blood flow

1200 ml/min

Total Renal plasma flow

600-700

Resembles sieve

Glomerulus

Glomerulus is non selective because it filters substance with MW of

<70,000 kDa

Albumin is not filtered in glomerulus because of

Shield of negativity

Renal threshold for glucose

160-180 mg/dl

Descending loop of Henle collects

Water

DAM

Ascending loop of Henle abrorbs

Salt and not water

ASIN

Regulates water reabsorption

Anti-diuretic hormone

Increase body hydration = ___ adh =____ urine volume

Decreased ADH, increase urine volume

Decrease body hydration = ___ adh =____ urine volume

Increased ADH = decreased urine volume

Regulates sodium reabsorption

Aldosterone

Effects of angiotensin II

Release of ADH and aldosterone

Detects decrease in blood pressure

Macula densa

Major site for removal of nonfiltered substances

Proximal convoluted tubule

Failure to produce an acid urine due to inability to secrete hydrogen ions

Renal tubular acidosis

Used to evaluate glomerular filtration

Clearance test

Clearance test most common performed analyte

Creatinine

Gold standard for clearance test

Inulin

Variables for estimated GFR

Age


Sex


Body weight

Variables of diet in renal disease (MDRD)

Ethnicity


BUN


Serum albumin

Used to evaluate reabsorption

Concentration test

Obsolete tubular reabsorption

Fishberg test

Major organic compound in urine

Urea

Major inorganic compound in urine

Chloride

Type of urine specimen for ideal cytology studies



Only if prior hydration & exercise 5 mins before collection

Random/ occasional / Single

Ideal specimen for routine urinalysis

First morning

Best specimen for glucose testing

2 hour post prandial

Specimen for routine screening and bacterial culture

midstream clean catch

Specimen for urethral, bacterial cutlure

Cathererized

Bladder urine for anaerobic bacterial culture and urine cytology

Suprapubic aspiration

technique for prostate infection

three glass technique

Prostatitis is if the # of WBC and bacteria in the 3rd spx is _________ than the 1st speicmen

10x or greater

2nd specimen for 3 glass technique is for

control

In 24 hour urine, 8 am 1st urine is

discarded

In 24 hour urine, 8 pm urine is

collected

4 hour urine is for ________ determination

nitrite

Afternoon (2-4pm) urine is for ________ determination

urobilinogen

Process providing documentation of proper sample ID from time of collection to the receipt of laboratory results

Chain of COC

Required urine volume for drug testing

30-45 ml

Container capacity for drug testing 60 ml

60ml

Temperature must be _______ within 4 minutes of a drug testing urine specimen

32.5 - 37.7 C

If temperature is out of range in drug testing spx, what to do?

record temperature and contact supervisor immediately!

Added to the toilet water reservoir to prevent spx adulteration

Bluing agent

Specimen should be delivered to the laboratory promptly and tested within ______

2 hours

Increased in unpreserved urine

pH


Bacteria


Odor


Nitrite



pBaON

Decreased in unpreserved urine

Clarity


glucose


ketones


bilirubin


urobilinogen


RBC/WBC


Trichomonas motility

Least affected in unpreserved urine

protein

Preservative for routine UA and urine culture

Refrigeration

Preservative of choice for Addis count

formalin

Normal range (24 hours) urine volume

600-1200 ml

Average urine volume

1200- 1500 ml

Night urine output

<400 ml

Day:Night ratio

2-3:1

Required volume for routine UA

10-15 ml

Increased urine volume




>2000 ml/24 hours

Polyuria

SG in diabetes mellitus

Increased

SG in diabetes insipidus

Decreased

Decreased urine volume



<500ml/24 hours

Polydipsia

Complete cessation of urine flow

Anuria

Excretion of more than 500 ml of urine at night

Nocturia

Urine color determination




Look down through container against ________

white background

Major pigment(yellow) of urine, lipid soluble that is a product of endogenous metabolism

Urochrome

Pink pigment derived from melanin metabolism

Uroerythrin

Dark yellow/orange-brown derived from oxidation of colorless urobilinogen

urobilin

Yellow foam can be observed in urine because of

Bilirubin

Tea colored urine

Bilirubin

Pseudomonas infection, asparagus, B vitamins and phenol what color of urine

Green

Color of urine with RBC

cloudy/smokey red

Color of urine with hemoglobin

Clear red

Portwine urine

porphyrin

Methemolgobin


homogentisic acid


Melanin




what color of urine

Brown black

Pyuria/leukocyturia




what color of urine

Milky white

Few particulates, print easily seen through urine

Hazy

Many particulates, print blurred through urine

Cloudy

Print cannot be seen through urine

Turbid

Soluble in ether

Lipids, lymphatic fluid, chyle

Insoluble in dilute acetic acid

wbc, bacteria, yeast, spermatozoa

Soluble in dilute acetic acid

rbc, amorphous phosphates, carbonates

Soluble with heat

amorphous urates, uric acid crystals

Normal odor of urine

aromatic/fragnant

Odor of urine with tubular necrosis

odorless

odor of urine with UTI, old urine

Foul, pungent

Odor of urine with Ketones

Fruity, sweet

Odor of urine with MSUD

caramelized sugar, curry, maple syrup

Odor of urine with PKU

mousy, musty

Odor of urine with Tyrosinemia

Rancid butter

Odor of urine with isovaleric acidemia

Sweaty feet

Odor of urine with methianonine malabsorption(oasthouse diease)

Cabbage

Odor of urine with cystine disorder

Sulfur

Odor of urine with Trimethylaminuria

Rotting fish

Odor of urine with ingestion of onions, garlic & asparagus

Pungent

Odor of urine with hawkisinuria

Swimming pool

Chemical strips with 60 seconds reading time

pH


Protein
Blood


Urobilinogen


Nitrite

pPBUN

Principle of glucose chem strip

double sequential enzyme reaction

Principle of bilirubin strip

Diazo reaction

Principle of ketones strip

Sodium nitroprusside reaction

Principle of S.G

pKa change of polyelectrolyte

Principle of protein

protein error of indicator

Principle of pH

Double indicator system

Principle of Blood strip

Pseudoperoxidase activity of hemoglobin

Principle of urobilinogen strip

Ehrlich reaction

Principle of Nitrite strip

Greiss reaction

Principle of leukocyte strip

leukocyte esterase

Blot the _____ of the strip on a disposable absorbent pad

edge

Store reagent strip below _____; do not freeze

30C

Principle of automated reagent strip reader

Reflective reagent strip reader

Light reflection is ________ to color produced

inversely proportional

S.G of random urine

1.003 - 1.035

S.G of 1st morning urine

>1.020

S.G of 24 hour urine

1.016-1.022

Calibration temperature of urinometry

20C

Correction for urinometry for 1g/dl glucose

-0.004

Correction for urinometry for 1g/dl protein

-0.003

Calibration of refractometry for distilled water

1.000

Calibration of refractometry for 3% NaCL

1.015

Calibration of refractometry for 5% NaCl

1.022

Calibration of refractometry for 7% NaCl

1.035

Calibration of refractometry for 9% Sucrose

1.034


Reagent of _______ chem strip




Polymethyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride bromthymol blue




Ethylene glycol diaminoethyl ether tetraacetic acid bromthmol blue





S.G

Treatment of UTI

Cranberry juice

Reagent of _______ chem strip




methyl red and bromthymol blue

pH

Produces white foam in urine when shaken

Protein

Normal urinary protein value

<150mg/day

Proteins in normal urine consist of _____ albumin and _____ globulin

1/3 and 2/3

what category of proteinuria


Intravascular hemolysis


muscle injury


severe infection & inflammation


multiple myeloma

Pre-renal proteinuria

Proliferation of Ig-producing plasma cells (bence-jones protein)

Multiple myeloma

BJP precipitate at _____ (cloudy) & dissolves at _____

40-60 and 100

Indicator in diabetic nephropathy

Microalbuminuria

Proteinuria undetectable by routine reagent strip

Microalbuminuria

Normal albumin excretion rate

0-20 ug/min

Clinical albuminuria AER

>200 ug/min

Test for microalbuminuria

Micral test

Principle for micral test

enzyme immunoassay

In orthostatic proteinuria, how to prepare patient for collection

Patient must empty the bladder before going to bed

What chem strip______ have these reagent




Tetrabromphenol blue, citrate buffer at pH 3.0




Tetrachlorophenol tetrabromsulfonphthalein, citrate buffer at pH 3.0

Protein

High SG, highly buffered alkaline urine can cause protein chem strip to be

false positive

Protein reagent strip is sensitive to ____

albumin

A cold precipitation test that reacts equally with all forms of protein

Sulfosalicylic acid precipitation test (EXTON test)

Distinct turbidity with no granulation

1+

Turbidity with granulation but NO flocculation

2+

Turbidity with granulation AND flocculation

3+

Noticeable turbidity

Trace

To differentiate positive strip result and negative SSA result

Acidify urine to pH 5.0 and retest

Negative protein strip and Positive SSA test explanation

Protein other than albumin is present

False positive for SSA result

Radiographic contrast media

Defective tubular reabsorption of glucose and amino acid

Fanconi syndrome

Oxidizing agents, detergents in glucose chem strip can cause

False positive

High level of ascorbic acid, ketones and low temp improperly preserved specimen on glucose chem strip can cause

False negative

Sensitivity of glucose chem strip

100mg/dl

Nonspecific test for reducing sugar

Copper reduction/benedicts test

All but one are tested on benedicts test

sucrose

Yellow precipitate in benedicts test

2+

Green to yellow precipitate in benedicts test

1+

Yellow to orange precipitate

3+

Reddish yellow color precipitate

4+

Reducing agents such ascorbic acid on benedicts test can yield

False positive

Oxidizing agents such as detergent on benedicts test can yield

false negative

Clinitest sensitivity

200 mg/dl

Occurs when >2gdL sugar is present and color goes back to its original state if not attended carefully

Pass-through phenomenon

To prevent pass-through phenomenon, use ____ urine

2gtts

1+ glucose oxidase


negative clinitest

small amount of glucose is present

4+ positive glucose oxidase


negative clinitest

Possible oxidizing agent interference on reagent strip

Negative glucose oxidase


Positive clinitest

Non-glucose reducing substance present

Result from increased fat metabolism due to inability to metabolize carbohydrates

ketones

percent of beta-hydroxybutyric acid

78%

Major ketone but not detected in routine reagent strip

Beta-hydroxybutyric acid

Parent ketone (1st ketone body formed)

Acetoacetic acid/Diacetic acid

Percent of acetone

2%

Color of positive result in acetest

purple

Toxic to renal tubules

Myoglobinuria

Seen in intravascular hemolysis

hemoglobinuria

Seen in rhabdomyolysis

Myoglobinuria

seen in Cholesterol-loweing statin medication

Myoglobinuria

Plasma color of myoglobin

pale yellow

Test to differentiate hemoglobin and myoglobin

Blondheim test (ammonium sulfate test)

What chem strip have these reagent



Diisopropylbenzene dehydroperoxidasetetramethylbenzidine




Dimethyldihydroperoxyhexane tetramethylbendizine

Blood

Water soluble bilirubin

conjugated bilirubin

Yellow foam in urine

bilirubin

Color of positive bilirubin strip test

pink to violet

Confirmatory for bilirubin strip test

ictotest

Bile pigment that resulted from hemoglobin degregation

Urobilinogen

Chem strip that have this reagent




4-methoxybenzene-diazonium-tetrafluoroborate

Urobilinogen

P-aminosalicylic acid on urobilinogen strip test will yield

false positive

Formalin, old spx and high concentration of nitrite on urobilinogen strip test will yield

false negative

Test to differentiate urobilinogen(UBG), porphobilinogen (PBG) and other ehrlich-reactive compound

Watson-schwartz test


Watson-schwartz test


RED C


RED B

urobilinogen

Watson-schwartz test


RED U


RED U

Porphobilinogen

Watson-schwartz test


RED U
RED B

other ehrlich reagent

Rapid screening test for UTI or bacteriuria

Nitrite

Specimen for nitrite test

4 hour collection or 1st morning urine

Chem strip that have these reagents




p-arsanilic acid, tetrahydrobenzo(h) -quinolin-3-ol




Sulfanilamide, hydroxytetrahydro benzoquinoline

Nitrite

Improperly preserved spx for testing for nitrite will yield

false positive

Large quantities of bacteria converting nitrite to nitrogen for testing for nitrite will yield

false negative

Dietary nitrate can be found in

green vegetable's

Formalin on leukocyte strip test will yield

False positive

Ascorbic acid causes false negative on

Blood


Bilirubin


Leukocytes


Nitrite


Glucose

B


B


L


N


G

11th reagent pad

Ascorbic acid

Specimen for Addis count

12 hour urine

Preservative for Addis count

Formalin

Used to clean the optical surfaces of the microscope

Lens paper

Microscope for routine urinalysis

Bright-field microscopy

Microscope that enhances visualization of translucent elements

Phase-contrast microscopy

To convert bright field into phase-contrast

Replace objective lens & condenser with phase contrast objective lens and condenser

Microscope that detects the presence or absence of birefringence

Polarising microscope

Cholesterol in oval fat bodies, fatty casts and crystals can be identified using what microscope

Polarizing microscope

To convert bright field to polarizing microscope

Add 2 filter

Microscope for identification of treponema pallidum

Dark-field microscope

To convert bright field to dark field,

Replace condenser that contains an opaque disk

3-D microscopy image & layer by layer imaging of a specimen

Interference-contrast microscope

2 types of bright fields that are adapted for an interference-contrast microscope

Nomarski and hoffman

Stain that differentiates WBC and RTE cells

Toluidine blue

Most commonly used supravital stain

Sternheimer-Malbin

Distinguishes RBCs from WBCs, yeast, oil droplets & droplets

2% acetic acid

Stains triglycerides and neutral fats

Sudan III

Stain that identifies urinary eosinophils

Hansel stain

Stains DNA

Phenathridine

Stains nuclear membranes, mitochondria & cell membranes

Carbocyanine

Rbc in hypertonic urine

Crenate, shrink

Rbc in hypotonic urine

Swell, hemolyze (ghost cell)

Rbc in glomerular membrane damage

Dysmorphic with acanthocyte-like projection, fragmented

In hypotonic urine, neutrophil undergo __________

Brownian movement

Brownian movement produces a sparkling appearance (______)

Glitter cell

>1% Eosinophils seen in

Acute interstitial nephritis

Color of glitter cell in Sternheimer-Malbin stain

Pale blue

Color of leukocytes in Sternheimer-Malbin stain

Pale pink

Cell that is considered point of reference

Squamous epithelial cell

S.E.C variation that is covered with G. vaginalis

Clue cells

Most clinically significant epithelial cell

Renal tubular epithelial cell

Epithelial cell with eccentric nucleus

RTE

If from collecting ducts, RTE appearance are

Columnar, polygonal or cuboidal with flat edge

Lipid containing RTE

Oval fat bodies

Highly refractile RTE cell

Oval fat bodies

Most frequently encountered parasite in urine

T. vaginalis

Agent of ping pong disease

T. vaginalis

Most common fecal contaminant

E. vermicularis egg

Urinary bladder cancer markers

Nuclear matrix protein


Bladder tumor antigen

Casts are primarily formed in

DCT and collecting duct

Major constituent of casts

Uromodulin

Produced by RTE cells

________ have the same significance as casts

Cylindroids

Worst type of cast

Waxy cast

Beginning of all types of cast

Hyaline cast

Cast formed from strenuous exercise and stress

Hyaline cast

All cast in order from hyaline

Hyaline


Cellular


Course


Fine


Waxy

Cast that indicates bleeding within the nephron

Rbc cast

Orange red color cast

Rbc cast

Cast from glomerulonephritis

Rbc cast

Cast from tubular damage

Epithelial cast

Cast from pyelonepthritis

Bacterial cast

Cast from nephrotic syndrome

Fatty cast

Final degenerative form of all types of casts

Waxy cast

This cast is seen in chronic renal failure

Waxy cast

Referred to as renal failure cast

Broad cast

Factors that contribute to crystal formation

pH


Solute concentrate


Temperature

Most pleomorphic crystal

Uric acid

Crystal that is rhombic, 4 sided flat plate, lemon shaped

Uric acid

Crystal that is fluffy orange, pink sediment due to uroerythrin

Amorphous urates

Crystal with cigarette butt appearance

Calcium sulfate

Alkaline crystal with yellow brown "thorny apples"

Ammonium biurate

Also known as struvite

Triple phosphate

Alkaline crystal with prism-shaped, coffin-lid, fern-leaf and feathery appearance

Triple phosphate

Crystal that is a rectangular plate with a notch in one or more corners (staircase pattern)

Cholesterol

Crystal increase in nephrotic syndrome

Cholesterol

Crystal that is precipitated with tyrosine after adding alcohol

Leucine

Crystal with fan shaped needles, sheaves of wheat, rosettes, arrowheads, petals

Sulfonamide

Maltese cross formation in polarizing microscope

Oval fat bodies


Fatty cast


Fat droplets


Starch granules

Failure to inherit a gene that codes for a particular enzyme

Inborn error of metabolism

Phenylalanine accumulation in urine is due to defective gene in _________

Phenylalanine hydroxylase

Screening test for PKU

Guthrie bacterial inhibition test

Growth in Guthrie inhibition test

Positive

Bacteria that is cultured in Guthrie inhibition test

B. subtilis

Nitroso-napthtol is screening test for

Thyrosinemia/Tyrosyluria

Absent of this gene result in aklaptonuria

Homogentisic acid oxidase

In alkaptonuria, urine darkens after becoming

Alkaline

In melanuria, urine darkens upon

air exposure

Most common Inborn error of metabolism in the philippines

MSUD

Obermayer's test is a screening test for

Indicanuria

Indicanuria is seen in

hartnup disease (blue diaper syndrome)

Patient with argentaffinoma must NOT eat the following for 3 days

Bananas


Pineapples


Tomatoes

Cystinuira is a defective tubular reabsorption of

Cystine


Ornithine


Lysin


Arginine

Defects in the metabolism of methionine

Homocystinuria

In Porphyrias, colorless urine can be observe in

lead poisoning

CDC recommended test for lead poisoning

Free erythrocyte protoporphyrin(FEP)

Spx for screening of porphyrin disorders

blood


bile


urine


stool

Porphyrin disorder with increase coumpound of uroporphyrin and coproporphyrin

Congetinal erthropoietic porphyria

Mucopolysaccharide disorder




Aka gargoylism or MPS type 1


MPS accumulate in the cornea of the eye

Hurler syndrome

Mucopolysaccharide disorder




A.k.a MPS type II


Sex-linked recessive, rarely seen in females

Hunter syndrome

Mucopolysaccharide disorder




A.K.A MPS type III

Sanfilippo syndrome

Positive in acid albumin test for Mucopolysaccharide disorder

White turbidity

Positive in CTAB test for Mucopolysaccharide disorder

White turbidity

Category of aminoaciduria



Increase amino acid in bloodIncrease amino acid in urine

Overflow type

Category of aminoaciduria



Normal amino acid in blood


Increase amino acid in urine

Renal type

Positive in MPS test for mucopolysaccharides disorders

blue

Orange sand in diaper is associated to what disease

Lesch-nyhan disease

Renal disease




ASO titer +


Anti-DNase +

Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis

Renal disease




Disposition of immune complexes from systemic immune disorders




Cresent dorm of bowman capsule

Rapidly progression glomerulonephritis

renal disease




Antiglomerular basement membrane

Goodpasture syndrome

renal disease




Anti-neutrophilic cystoplasmic auto-antibody (ANCA)

Wegeners granulomatosis

Renal disease




Decrease in PLT

Henoch schonlein purpura

Renal disease




IgG immune complex deposition

Membranous glomerulonephritis

Renal disease




Cellular proliferation

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

Renal disease




Presence of waxy and broad cast

Chronic glomerulonephritis

Renal disease




Deposition of IgA

IgA nephropathy (Berger's disease)

Renal disease




Disruption of podocyte primarily in children

Nil disease/lipoid nephrosis

Renal disease




Disruption of podocyte in certain number of areas

Focal segmental glomerulonephritis

renal disease




Deposition of glycosylated protein

Diabetic nephropathy

Renal disease




Disruption of the electrical charges resulting in massive loss of proteins and lipid

Nephrotic syndrome

Renal disease




Urinalysis findings




Oval fat bodies


Fatty casts


Waxy casts


Albumin

Nephrotic syndrome

Odor of urine in acute tubular necrosis

Odorless

Tubular disorders




Presence of RTE cells, RTE casts

Acute tubular necrosis

Tubular disorders




Normal uromodulin is replaced by abnormal forms that destroy the RTE cells

UKD

Tubular disorders




Possible cystine crystals

Fanconi syndrome

Interstitial disorders




WBC


Bacteria


NO CAST

Cystitis

Interstitial disorders




WBC


WBC cast


Bacterial cast


Bacteria




Infection of the renal tubule and interstitium

Acute pyelonephritis

Interstitial disorders




Waxy and broad casts


Recurrent infection of the renal tubules and intertitium

chronic pyelonephritis

Interstitial disorders




Eosinophils


Eosinophil casts




Allergic inflammation of renal interstitium

Acute interstitial nephritis

Variety of casts seen in the same specimen

Telescoped sediment

Glomerular filtration rate in renal failure

<25 mL/min

Increased BUN & Creatinine

Azotemia

Conditions favouring the formation of renal calculi

pH


Chemical concentration


Urinary statis

Primary UA finding of renal calculi

Microscopic hematuria

Major constituent of renal calculi




Very hard, dark in color with rough surface

Calcium oxalate

Renal calculi associated with increased intake of foods rich in purine and with UKD




Yellowish to brownish red & moderately hard

Uric acid

Renal calculi seen in hereditary disorders of cystine metabolism




Yellow-brown, greasy & resembles an old soap;least common calculi

Cystine calculi

Renal calculi that is pale & friable

Phosphate calculi

Renal calculi associated with urea splitting bacteria




Branching/staghorn calculi

Triple phosphate

P. vulgaris

Frequency of calcium in renal calculi composition

75%





Frequency of cystine in renal calculi composition

2%

Produced by the syncytiotrophoblast cells

hCG

hCG peaks during

1st trimester

Principle of home based pregnancy test

Enzyme immunoassay

Spx for home made pregnancy test

1st morning

Anti-hCG source

Rabbit

Proteinuria/hematuria in hCG test will yield

False positive

Diluted urine in hCG test will yield

False negative

Ultimate source of amniotic fluid water and solutes

Placenta

Normal amniotic fluid volume

800-1200 ml

During ______, 35 ml of Amniotic fluid is derived primarily from the maternal circulation

1st trimester

Major contributor to the Amniotic fluid volume after the 1st trimester of pregnancy

Fetal urine

Decreased fetal swallowing of urine neural tube defects

polyhydramnios

Increased fetal swallowing of urine membrane leakage




Urinary tract deformities

Oligohydramnios

Method collection of amniotic fluid

Amniocentesis

2nd trimester amniocentesis

Assess genetic defect

3rd trimester amniocentesis

Fetal lung maturity

Spx handling for fetal lung maturity test

Place on ice on delivery, kept refrigerated

Spx handling for cytogenetic studies

Kept at RT or at 37C

Spx handling for HDN test

Protect from light

Test that detects premature rupture of membrane

Fern test

Normal color of amniotic fluid

Colorless-pale yellow

1st fetal bowel movement

Meconium

Dark green Amniotic fluid

1st fetal bowel movement

dark red brown Amniotic fluid

Fetal death

Turbidimetric preferred method for csf protein

Trichloacetic acid

Normal value of CSF/serum index

<9

IgG index normal value

<0.70

Multiple sclerosis electrophoresis bands is diagnose when

2 or more oligoclonal bands in CSF but Not in serum

Better resolution is obtained using CSF immunofixation EP and isoelectric focusing followed by

Silver staining

Oligoclonal banding but not in serum diseases

Multiple Sclerosis


Neurosyphilis


Encephalitis


Neoplastic disorder


Guillan-Barre syndrome

MS NENG

Oligoclonal banding in serum but not in CSF

Leukemia


Lymphoma


Viral infections

Oligoclonal banding both in serum and csf

HIV

Protein component of the lipid-protein complex that insulates the nerve fibers

Myelin basic protein

Specimen for blood glucose should be drawn _______ in csf

2 hours prior to spinal tap

Normal value for blood glucose in csf

60-70% blood (2/3)

Indirect ammonia test of csf

CSF glutamine

Normal value of csf lactate

10-22 mg/dl

Normal value of csf glutamine

8-18 mg/dL

>35 mg/dL of csf glutamine

Reye's syndrome

CSF LDH Bacterial meningitis

5>4>3>2>1

Recommended by CDC for the detection of neurosyphilis

VDRL

Type of meningitis where glucose and lactate is normal

Viral meningitis

Limulus lysate test (+) is for ______ meningitis

Bacterial meningitis

Positive or web-like clot formation is seen in _______ meningitis

Tubercular meningitis

Limulus lysate test detects

Gram-negative endotoxin

Blood is blue due to

Hemocyanin

Most frequent complication of early delivery

Respiratory distress syndrome

Reference method for alveolar stability

Lecithin

Reference method



Serves as a control in phospholipid testing

Sphingomyelin

Ratio of L/S in Mature fetal lungs

>2

Immunologic test for phosphotidylglycerol

Amniostat-FLM

Foam/bubbles in foam stability means

Mature fetal lungs

Reagent in foam stability test

95% Ethanol

Type II pneumocyste produces surfactants stored in the form of

Lamellar bodies

Lamellar body is similar to platelets therefore can be done using___

Impedance

Optical density of _______ is equivalent to L/S ratio of >2

>0.150

____mg/dl amniotic fluid in creatinine of a 36 weeks/months

>2

O.D of HDN

450 nm

Liley graph



Midly affected fetus

Zone I


Zone of liley graph that requires careful monitoring

Zone II

Zone of liley graph that requires intervention

Zone III

Birth defect where there is incomplete closing of the backbone and membranes around the spinal cord

Spina bifida

Is the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp that occurs during embryonic development

Anencephaly

Screening test for neural tube defects

AFP

Confirmatory test for neural tube defects

Acetylcholinesterase

Mixture of plasma, electrolyte, mucin and water

Tracheobronchial secretions

Sputum

Acceptable sputum specimen

<10 SEC/LPF and >25 WBC/LPF

Most preferred sample for sputum

First morning

Spx collection for debilitated or unconscious patients

Tracheal aspiration

Red or bright red sputum

TB, bronchiectasis, hemorrhage

Anchovy sauce or rusty brown sputum

Old blood


pneumonia


gangrene

Olive green or grass green sputum

Cancer

Rusty with pus sputum

Lobar pneumonia

Rusty without pus sputum

Congestive heart failure

Currant, jelly like sputum

Klebsiella pneumoniae infection

Yellow or gray material, size of a pinhead



Produces foul odor when crushed



Bronchial asthma

Dittrich's plugs

Hard concentration in a bronchus



Yellow/white calcified TB structure



Histoplasmosis

Broncholiths

Branching tree-like casts of the bronchi

Bronchial casts

Colourless, hexagonal, double pyramid, often needle-like from disintegration of eosinophils

Charcot-leyden crystals

Microscopic structure of pigmented cells

Heart failure cells


Carbon-laden cells

Coiled mucus strands

Curschmann spiral

Mistaken as blastomyces

Myelin globules

Clusters of columnar epithelial cells

Creola bodies

Diagnostic test for pneumocytis carini

Bronchoalveolar lavage

Most predominant cells seen in bronchoalveolar lavage

Alveolar macrophages

Spx to diagnose cystic fibrosis

Sweat

Sweat Na and CI for diagnostic for cystic fibrosis

>70 mEq/L

Sweat Na and CI for borderline for cystic fibrosis

40 mEq/L

Outer layer of menix that lines the skull and vertebral canal

Durs meter

Hard mother

Spiderweb-like that is filamentous inner membrane

Arachnoid mater

Portion where CSF flows

Subarachnoid space

Innermost later of menix that lines the surface of brain & spinal cord

Pia meter

Soft mother

Produces CSF

Choroid plexus

Reabsorbs CSF

Arachnoid villi

Protects brain from chemicals & other circulating in the blood that can harm the brain tissue

Blood brain barrier

Up to ___ ml CSF can be collected using a manometer attached to a spinal needle

20 ml

Method of collection for csf

Lumbar puncture

Tube 1 for CSF

Chemistry/serology

Tube 2 for CSF

Microbiology

Tube 3 of CSF

Hematology

If 1 CSF tube only



Order of test

Microbiology


Hematology


Chemistry

Normal CSF appearance

Crystal clear


CSF appearance



Increase of WBC

Hazy/turbid/milky/cloudy

CSF appearance



Slight amount of oxyhemoglobin

Pink

CSF appearance



Oxyhemoglobin to bilirubin

Yellow

CSF appearance



Heavy hemolysis

Orange

Uneven distribution of blood in 3 tubes of csf

Traumatic tap

Clot formation due to plasma fibrinogen

Traumatic tap

Supernatant in traumatic tap

Clear

Even distribution of blood on 3 tubes of CSF

Intracranial hemorrhage

Supernatant of intracranial hemorrhage

Xanthocromic

Intracranial hemorrhage d-dimer

Positive

Reagent of Limulus lysate test

Horseshoe crab

1st stage of sperm maturation

Spermatogonium

Site of spermatogenesis

Seminiferous tubules

Nurse cell of developing sperms

Sertoli cells

Site of maturation of sprm

Epidiymis

Semen nutrients are provided by

Seminal vesicles

Sugar that provides motility for sperm

Fructose

Sperm ACP is for

Coagulation and liquifaction

Gland that neutralizes acidity from vaginal secretions when sperm enters ir

Bulbourethral gland

Spx collection for sperm testing must abstinence of

2-7 days

Best method of collection for sperm

Masturbation

If sperm fails to liquify at 60 minutes, treat sperm with

Amylase/bromelain

sperm spx in waiting analysis should be kept at

37C

Red or brown coloration of semen

increase rbc

0 or 4




Watery semen

0

0 or 4




Gel like

4

Normal value of semen

20 mil/ml

Dilution when counting sperm in neubauer counting chamber

1:20

Purpose of diluents in neubauer counting chamber

To immobilize the sperm

Diluents of neubauer counting chamber for sperm counting

Formalin


Sodium bicarbonate


Saline


Distilled water


Cold tap water

Normal value of sperm motility in 1 hour

>50% motile

Sperm motility grading




Rapid, straight line motility

4.0





Sperm motility grading




Slower speed, some lateral movement

3.0

Sperm motility grading




Slow forward progression, noticeable lateral movement

2.0





Sperm motility grading




No forward progression

1.0

Determine sperm concentration, morphology, velocity and trajectory

Computer assisted semen analysis

Stain for sperm morphology

Papaniculaou stain

Hardening of veins that drain the testes

Varicocele

Test for sperm vitality

Modified bloom test

Reagents for modified bloms test

Eosin and Nigrosin

Screening test for seminal fluid fructose

Seliwanoff test

Decreased neutral-a-glucosidase

Epididymis disorder

Decreases in zinc, Citric acid and acid phosphate

Lack of prostatic fluid

Immature sperm cells

Spermatids

Test for specific spermine

Barbiero test

Semen routine aerobic and anaerobic cultures and test for

C. trachomatis


M. hominis


U. urealyticum

Positive for Florence test

Dark brown rhombic crystals

Positive for barbiero test

Yellow leaf like crystals

Post-vasectomy semen analysis is done____months after vasectomy

2 months

possible abnormality for decreased motility with normal count

Vitality

Possible abnormality for decreased motility with clumping

Male antisperm antibodies

Sperms are incubated with species-no specific egg and penetration is observed microscopically

Hamster egg penetration

Viscosity is due to polymerization of ____ produces by type B synoviocytes

Hyaluronic acid

Method of collection for synovial fluid

Arthrocentesis

Normal spx volume for synovial fluid

<3.5 ml

Spx volume of synovial fluid with inflammation

>25 ml

Why NOT use of powered anticoagulant and lithium heparin for synovial fluid

interfere with crystal identification

Why not refrigerate synovial fluid

Produces additional crystals

Normal color of synovial fluid

Colorless-pale yellow

Milky synovial fluid

Presence of crystals

Normal synovial fluid

High; forms a string that is 4-6 long

Reagent of mucin clot test

2-5% acetic acid

Diluting fluids of synovial WBC count

Nss with methylene blue


Hypotonic saline


Saline with saponin

For very viscous synovial fluid, add ______ and incubate at 37C for 5 minutes

0.05% hyaluronidase

Neutrophil containing ingested "round body" seen on lupus erythematosus

LE cell

Vacuolated macrophage with ingested neutrophils seen in reactive arthritis

Reiter cell

Macroscopically resemble polished rice seen in tuberculosis

Rice bodies

Debris from metal & plastic joint prosthesis "ground pepper" appearance seen in ochronotic arthropay

Onchronotic shards

microscope that detects for the presence or absence of birefringence

Polarizing microscope

A control slide for MSU polarization can be prepared using

Betamethasome acetate corticosteroid

Normal value of protein in synovial fluid

<3 g/dL

What group joint disorder





<1000 WBC /ul

Group I

What group joint disorder




Presence of autoantibodies

Group IIa

What group joint disorder




Cloudy or milky fluid

GroupIIb

What group joint disorder




Cloudy, yellow-green fluid


+ gs/cs

Group III

What group joint disorder




Red fluid


+Rbc

Group IV

Trans/exudate




Disruption of fluid production and regulation



Transudate

Trans/exudate




Hypoproteinemia


Nephrotic syndrome

Transudate

Trans/exudate




Infection


Inflammation

Exudate

Most reliable method to differentiate exudate and transudate

Serum protein ratio


Serum LD ratio

Most reliable method to differentiate exudate and transudate

Serum-ascites albumin gradient

Positive for rivaltas test

exudate

Normal appearance of 3P

Clear, pale yellow

Pleural


Pericardial


Peritoneal

Method of collection for thoracentesis

Pleural fluid

Method of collection for pericardial fluid

Paracardiocentesis

Method of collection for peritoneal fluid

Paracentesis

Tube for chemistry

Plain/heparin

Black pleural fluid

Aspergillosis

Milky pleural fluid

Chylous Material


Pseudochylous material

Brown pleural fluid

Rupture of amoebic liver abscess

Cause of chylous effusion on pleural fluid

Thoracic duct leakage

Cause of pseudochylous effusion on pleural fluid

Chronic inflammation

Triglycerides level in chylous effusion

>100 mg/dl

Triglycerides level in pseudochylous effusion

<50 mg/dL

Pleural fluid is >1/2 of whole blood hct

Hemothorax

Pleural fluid is <1/2 of whole blood

Hemorrhagic

cell seen in pleural fluid with pancreatitis, pneumonia





Neutrophil

Decreased in pleural fluid with TB

Mesothelial cell

pH is decreased in pleural fluid with

Esophageal rupture

Level of adenosine deaminase in pleural fluid with tuberculosis

>40 v/L

Tumor marker for lung cancer, breast cancer

CYFRA 21-1

Green peritoneal fluid

Gall bladder disorder



Grossly bloody pericardial fluid

cardiac puncture

Milky peritoneal fluid

Lymphatic trauma

normal WBC count in peritoneal fluid

<500 cells/ uL

Bacterial peritonitis WBC level of peritoneal fluid

>500 cells/ uL

Test for >100,000 rbc/ uL in peritoneal fluid

Peritoneal lavage

Glucose test for peritoneal fluid significance

Decrease tubercular peritonitis

Contain concentric striations of collagen like material

Psammoma bodies

Non beta islet cell adenoma of the pancreas




Increased gastrin


Increased HCL

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Gastric tube that is passed through the nose

Levin

Gastric tube that is passed through the mouth

Rehfuss

Duration of collection for basal acid output

1 hour collection ( four 15 minutes)


Single 1 hour can be used

Most preferred chemical stimulant for gastric stimulation

Pentagastrin

Test meals for gastric stimulation

Ewald


Boa


Riegel

Normal color of gastric fluid

Pale gray, slightly mucoid

Spx for diagnex tubeless test

Urine

Black stool

Upper GI bleeding

Red stool

Lower GI bleeding

stool from barium sulfate

Pale yellow, white

Rice watery stool

Cholera

Pea-soup

Typhoid

Increased fat in stool

Steatorrhea

In split fat stain, Sudan III + ______

36% acetic acid

In neutral fat stain, Sudan III + ______

95% ethanol

_____ droplets /hpf = steatorrhoea

>60 droplets/hpf

Gold standard for fecal fat determination

Van de kamer titration

Sample for van de kamer titration

3 day stool (72 hours)

Normal value of van de kamer titration

1-6 g fats/day

Abnormal excretion of muscle fiber in feces

Creatorrhea

In determining creatorrhea, emulsified stool is added with ________

10% eosin

>10 undigested muscle fiber in stool =

Biliary obstruction


Cystic fibrosis

___ neutophil/hpf in stool =

Invasive condition

Found in secondary granules of neutophil, (+) indicates invasive bacterial pathogens

Lactoferrin

Screening test colorectal cancer

Occult blood test

Principle of occult blood test

Pseudoperoxidase activity of hemoglobin

positive color for occult blood

Blue

alternative for occult blood, detects insignificant blood leading to false positive result

Benzidine

Red meat


Melon


Broccoli


Cauliflower


Horseradish


Turnip




Effect of 3days ingestion prior to FOBT test

False positive

Aspirin on FOBT

False positive

Ascorbic acid on FOBT

False negative

Reagent of apt-downey test that is added to supernatant

1% NaOH

Pink solution result in Apt-downey test

Fetal blood

Yellow brown supernatant result in APT test

Maternal blood

Clearing of film in gelatin test

Positive for trypsin

Absence of trypsin

cystic fibrosis

Normal stool pH

7-8

CHO disorder pH stool

5.5

Low urine D-xylose

Malabsorption

Normal urine D-xylose

Maldigestion

>75 m0sm/kg fecal osmotic gap

Osmotic diarrhea

<50 m0sm/kg fecal osmotic gap

Secretory diarrhea

Sternheimer-Malbin stain





Pale pink with purple nuclei

Leukocyte

Sternheimer-Malbin stain




Pale blue

Glitter cell

In UF-1000i analyzed, side scatter is specific for

Detection of bacteria