What does a high RDW and a low MCHC mean? What do high basophils mean in a blood test? What does low absolute monocytes mean in a blood test? Does myocardial ischemia cause troponin elevation? What does low bilirubin mean? What causes high chloride levels in the blood?
A patient has gone to a physician not feeling good and his blood values show a pH of 7.4, PCO2 of 40 mmHg and 24 mEq/L HCO_3. Is the HCO_3 high, low or normal? How many grams of hemoglobin and blood does a normal adult have?
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Extremely high elevations of alkaline phosphatase are most frequently seen in patients withsepsis, malignant obstruction, and AIDS. Patients with sepsis can have an extremely high alkaline phosphatase level and a normal bilirubin. How long does it take for ALP levels to return to normal? Philadelphia...
It was an exclusion criterion in the previous definition of INCPH, whereas the current definition of PSVD does not exclude the presence of concomitant PVT at the time of diagnosis [3]. In addition, in the absence of ACLD, the new definition allows PSVD to overlap with other liver diseases...
Such direct addition of micronutrients to foods is different from foods fortified in the preparatory processes, has the advantage that it does not require changing dietary practices, and has little effect on the taste of food. However, addition of micronutrient powders to prepared foods has ...
Also, in the multivariate analysis, overall survival was found to be related only to bilirubin level (P=0.0166). A sub group of 104 patients in whom karyotype analysis had been conducted before first-line therapy was evaluated separately. In this sub group, unfavorable chromosomal abnormalities ...
This is a 4-subunit protein that binds to oxygen and carbon dioxide in the human body. Each of the subunits is called a heme group, and associates with an iron ion (Fe2+) so that it has binding power on these molecules. The hemoglobin molecules are...
What would happen if a few cancer cells from another person were injected into your bloodstream? Explain the purpose of the hemoglobin A1C test. What does blood screening mean? Explain why it is useful that antibodies have two antigen-binding arms. Why might it be advisable for an...
Sepsis is a set of symptoms caused by systemic inflammation due to bacterial or fungal infection. Symptomatic bacteremia does not necessarily mean sepsis, but it is classified as a blood stream infection (BSI) and requires microbiological diagnostic of blood. Until now, the blood culture has been...