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How quickly should cell counts be done on bronchiolar lavage (BAL) samples?

What is the significance of corticosteroid crystals in synovial fluid?

What analyte is specific to seminal fluid?

A/An_______________ is an effusion that is caused by an increased capillary permeability and decreased lymphatic absorption. [BLANK-1]

A confirmatory Western blot test will be performed. The nurse educates the patient that the Western blot test has high sensitivity and specificity. Which of the following statements by the patient demonstrates understanding of this teaching?

If a patient is experiencing an upper GI bleed, what color would you expect the patient’s stool to be? 

The mother of a 6-year-old child brings her daughter to the pediatrician’s office because she has had a sore throat, cough, and fever for several days. She reports a fever up to 101°F , but seems to respond to treatment with acetaminophen. The child has not been eating or drinking well because she says, “it hurts to swallow.” She is ill appearing, and does not seem interested in playing with the toys that are in the examination room. The physician notes a thick, white exudate on both of the patient’s tonsils, which also seem enlarged. A throat culture and complete blood count with differential is ordered.

During the immune response to chickenpox, dendritic cells stimulate the adaptive immune response by: 

When asked on a test to explain the difference between naturally acquired active immunity and artificially acquired active immunity, a student responded, “They are the same thing—you develop immunity as a result of both!” Help your professor grade and provide feedback for this response by selecting the best type of feedback to provide this student.

Quantitative Pilocarpine Iontophoresis Testing is done with the following results. Which of the following would be the best interpretation of these results?Result 1: 25 mEq/LResult  2: 23 mEq/L