Author: Anonymous

The function of the heart valves is to ___________.

Name this structure from urine sediment.

Blood returning to the heart from the systemic circuit first enters the _____.

What test is an important marker for pre-sepsis and sepsis, is always STAT,  and requires special handling (place and transport on wet ice and quick separation of cells from plasma)?

The adaptive defense system

Regarding the photo above, that particular urine sediment structure is found in what particular illness?

Another name for a harmful or disease-causing microorganism is a/an

Who am I?  Studies show I am better than the standard test because I account for a biologically active form of this substance. I can be performed on arterial blood gas (ABG) analyzers, and I am the best way to help the patient if the standard level of the element is in hypo (low) levels.

Bound to albumin, insoluble in water, it cannot be removed by the body until the liver works its magic.

A patient arrives in the ED with chest pain.  What will the physician order if he wants to rule out a pulmonary embolus (PE)?