[BCH4123] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (75 pages long)
29 Mar 2017
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Idiopathic is unknown: cryptic is there but hidden, prevalence is number of cases in population being tested at a point of time, expressed as % or number of cases per 1,000 or 100,000. Incidence is number of cases occurring in a series of patients over time: generally over one year. Investigations: lab, biochemistry, microbiology, hematology, etc, diagnostic imaging, x-ray, ct, mri. Clinical laboratory medicine: hospital labs, anatomical lab, autopsy, cytology, histology, clinical pathology, normal lab work as seen above, run on a budget, less tests, less false positives, less money spent, private clinical labs, no money from government. Ingesting substances like methyl alcohol and ethylene glycol: ph, pco2, po2, urine analysis, automated urinalysis. Identify adverse effects: avoid malpractice claims, when babies are born, cord blood gas analysis is done to cover future problems. Interferences: analytical interference, hemolysis, release ions, lipemia, cause scattering of light, bilirubin, will indicate liver failure, reference intervals, reporting critical results.
