Clinical Biochemistry Indian Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Clinical Biochemistry Flashcard Deck - 37 Cards
Flashcard 1: The highest concentration in serum is of IgG_____ and the lowest concentration is of IgG4.
Answer: 1
Flashcard 2: Levels of _____, a metabolite of serotonin, more than 25 mg/day, in the urine is indicative of a carcinoid tumor
Answer: 5-HIAA
Flashcard 3: _____ is specific marker for cholestasis.
Answer: 5'-Nucleotidase
Flashcard 4: Osteoblastic activity is measured by: _____, osteocalcin, and propeptides of type I procollagen.
Answer: ALP
Flashcard 5: _____ positive Van der Bergh reaction is seen in obstructive jaundice
Answer: Direct
Flashcard 6: _____ method is a biochemical method to assess blood alcohol levels
Answer: ADH
Flashcard 7: What neurotransmitters are decreased in Parkinson disease? _____ and serotonin
Answer: Dopamine
Flashcard 8: The _____ time is prolonged in patients with deficient or defective fibrinogen
Answer: thrombin
Flashcard 9: Neuroblastoma is characterized by increased levels of _____ and vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) in the urine (catecholamine metabolites)
Answer: homovanillic acid (HVA)
Flashcard 10: Cyst fluid analysis in _____ will show a low CEA level and high level of cyst fluid amylase
Answer: pseudocyst
Flashcard 11: _____ is used to identify occult alcohol use
Answer: GGT
Flashcard 12: _____ is diagnosed by increased serum and urine levels of catecholamines, or their breakdown products metanephrines and vanillylmandelic acid (VMA)
Answer: Pheochromocytoma
Flashcard 13: _____ protein detection by electrophoresis is a sensitive and specific test for CSF, aqueous humor and perilymph
Answer: 2-transferrin
Flashcard 14: AST/ALT = _____ is seen in hepatocellular damage
Answer: <1
Flashcard 15: What are inhibitors of renal stone formation?_____
Answer: Citrate, phosphate and magnesium
Flashcard 16: Serum _____ levels are elevated in 85% to 90% of patients with hepatoblastoma
Answer: alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
Flashcard 17: Chitinase like protein _____ is found increased in patients of asthma based on their severity
Answer: YKL-40
Flashcard 18: What is the earliest enzyme to rise after an acute infarct?_____
Answer: myoglobin
Flashcard 19: _____ is of diagnostic value in suspected anaphylactic death.
Answer: Tryptase (enzyme)
Flashcard 20: Hyperthyroidism causes _____calcemia.
Answer: hyper
Flashcard 21: _____ test provides an indirect measure of pancreatic function
Answer: NBTPABA
Flashcard 22: What will be the level of ALP in multiple myeloma?_____
Answer: Normal
Flashcard 23: Which test is used to detect bile salts in urine?_____
Answer: Hay's test
Flashcard 24: Fouchet's test is used for checking the presence of bile _____ in urine
Answer: pigments
Flashcard 25: Metabolic syndrome presents with _____uricemia
Answer: hyper
Flashcard 26: _____ protein is secreted by meninges and choroid plexus and is specific for CSF.
Answer: trace
Flashcard 27: Normally in urine, _____ combines with calcium and does not let calcium combine with phosphate and oxalate
Answer: citrate
Flashcard 28: The best method to measure HBA1C is _____
Answer: ion-exchange chromatography.
Flashcard 29: _____ is a sensitive marker of renal dysfunction and produced by all nucleated cells
Answer: Cystatin C
Flashcard 30: Which vacutainer is used for the estimation of alcohol?_____
Answer: Grey
Flashcard 31: Which test is used to determine serum bilirubin?_____
Answer: Van der Bergh reaction
Flashcard 32: LDH levels return to normal _____ weeks after an MI
Answer: 2
Flashcard 33: _____ is the best anticoagulant to use for electrolyte estimation
Answer: Lithium heparin
Flashcard 34: Serum _____ is better than HbA1c to detect blood glucose levels in anemia.
Answer: fructosamine
Flashcard 35: Normal CSF glucose is _____ of the patient's serum glucose
Answer: 2/3rd
Flashcard 36: Serum and urine cross-linked C-telopeptide is a marker of bone _____
Answer: resorption::resorption/formation
Flashcard 37: AST>ALT in Alcoholic liver disease because of deficiency of Vitamin _____ leading to reduction in ALT levels
Answer: B6
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