Urinalysis

fatigue, edema, bruising, mental status changes, and decreased appetite and sensation. Physical signals include edema and crackling in the lungs. Labs tests for diagnosis include BUN, serum potassium, sodium, creatinine, glomerular filtration rate, urinalysis and creatinine clearance. An ultrasound is the preferred method to diagnose acute kidney injury. Treatment involves diet restrictions of high in carbohydrates and low in protein, salt, and potassium and fluid restrictions, antibiotics to…

focused 1 month in bloodbank. Also at this location I practiced inpatient and outpatient phlebotomy as well as specimen processing. At the Holzer 850 Laboratory, the rotation was 3 months where I trained in microbiology, hematology & coagulation, urinalysis, chemistry, special chemistry, and drug screen. In all departments, I performed numerous stat and routine testing on various samples with accuracy and precision conducted in a timely manner. I also observed and conducted quality control and…

Lupus is a long-lasting inflammatory disease that strikes when the body’s immune system attacks its own tissues and organs. The inflammation that is caused by this disease affects multiple systems of the body- including your skin, blood cells, kidney, brain, heart and lungs. There are multiple forms and types of lupus, no two cases are the same. Studies show that lupus results from a mixture of your genetics, hormones, and climate. There are certain potential triggers such as sunlight,…

Research question The research question of the study I chose, sought to determine, if family life characteristics of American adolescents could predict the drug abuse patterns of similar aged Indonesians. Concepts and definitions The study wanted to determine how Indonesian and American adolescent’s perception of family life impacted their drug usage. Three main ideas were presented. The first idea deals with adolescent perception of their family’s cohesion and adaptability levels. The…

reaches the plasma and enters the liver. The portion of the drug that reaches systemic circulation has been shown to cause minimal side effects.6 The elimination half-life of latanoprost is 3-4 hours and the drug metabolites are renally excreted.5,6 Urinalysis has shown that only the drug metabolites are primarily found in the urine instead of pure drug or the acid form of the…

What is Hole in the Trachea in Cats? The trachea, also known as the windpipe, is a tube made of cartilage that allows air to pass from the throat to the larynx to the bronchi in the lungs. When the trachea becomes perforated via a small hole or tear in the cartilage, the air that normally passes into the lungs goes into the surrounding tissues. This creates pockets of air under the skin, in the mediastinum (the area in-between the lungs), around the heart, in the chest cavity and in the…

Obtain a urinalysis on all patients to detect hematuria. When hematuria is present, obtain renal function tests. Although microscopic hematuria is relatively common in patients with HSP, proteinuria represents more extensive renal involvement and requires closer monitoring…

did I know this program would be a career changing experience. Surprisingly I became interested in the lab aspect of the internship more than anything. The most memorable was when the medical technologist showed myself and the other intern how a urinalysis was performed. Processing a background in science equipped me with the necessary skills to understand what I was being done and why. I could relate even though what I was learning was new. I soon realized that I wanted to help patient in an…

Carbamazepine (Tegretol) and Phenobarbital (Luminal) belongs to a group of medication called anticonvulsants. Tegretol is prescribed to control epilepsy, prevents facial pan from trigeminal, and act as a mood stabilizer to control mania in patients that have episodes of over activity. The medication decreases the synaptic transmission in the central nervous system affecting the sodium channels in neurons (Deglin, Vallerand, & Sanoski, 2014, p. 265). Similarly, Luminal is prescribed to patients…

Valor Doors Foundation: Overview Valor Doors Foundation (VDF) is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that specializes in assisting "at risk homeless" or transitioning veterans with long term employment in the home remodeling industry. Vision and Philosophy Our vision is to become an apprenticeship program in home repair for motivated veterans that are attached to Veterans Court Diversion programs and that are discharging from Veterans Affairs inpatient rehab facilities. We will…