What should be done in response to a sputum sample that has many epithelial cells in it?
a. Repeat Gram stain.
b. Sputum culture.
c. Sputum sensitivity.
d. Obtain new sputum sample.
Q. 2 Which of the following Gram stain results suggests the most legitimate sputum sample in a pa-tient with pneumonia?
a. Many epithelial cells and many pus cells
b. Few pus cells and many epithelial cells
c. Few pus cells and few epithelial cells
d. Few epithelial cells and many pus cells
Q. 3 Which of the following tests is used to evaluate renal function?
a. Creatinine
b. Protein level
c. Serum enzymes
d. Sweat chloride
Q. 4 A patient is brought into the ER with chest pain. The physician is having difficulty confirming the patient's diagnosis through an ECG.
Blood results show an elevated level of CPK-2. What can the physician suspect after reviewing the blood work?
a. Pulmonary embolism
b. Gastroesophageal reflux
c. Myocardial infarction
d. Valvular stenosis
Q. 5 What is the upper limit of normal for the fasting blood glucose level?
a. 50 mg/dl
b. 85 mg/dl
c. 120 mg/dl
d. 140 mg/dl
Q. 6 A patient receiving heparin has a prothrombin time (PT) of 19 sec and an International Standard-ized Ratio (INR) of approximately 5.0, what does this indicate?
a. High likelihood of excessive bleeding.
b. Patient's results are normal.
c. High likelihood of increased clotting.
d. Possible embolism.
Q. 7 Your patient has an elevated aspartate aminotransferase (AST). What two organs are most likely diseased?
a. Heart and brain
b. Liver and kidney
c. Brain and kidney
d. Heart and liver
Q. 8 What is indicated by an elevation of the anion gap?
a. Respiratory failure
b. Metabolic alkalosis
c. Metabolic acidosis
d. Renal failure