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Which one of the following enzymes catalyzes the transfer of an amino group to alpha- ketoglutarate with the formation of oxaloacetate and glutamate?

One can determine if hypokalemia is a result of a pre-analytical error (IV fluid contamination of blood tube) or a true physiological hypokalemia because a change in blood pH will be observed.

A hospitalized patient in the ICU has cirrhosis. After a period of time, the heart and kidneys begin to fail and the patient develops edema. What type of electrolyte disorder would develop from this situation?

With increased water loss, burn patients are most likely to also experience:

In a fasting individual with a normal hematocrit, whole-blood glucose values are approximately what percent different from plasma glucose values?

Which one of the following statements concerning TIBC is not correct?

As a MLT, what is your course of action in the scenario on Question 55?

Hypokalemia may be caused by each of the following EXCEPT:

In this heterogeneous assay, one of the reaction components is attached to the surface of a solid phase. An aliquot of patient sample containing the analyte of interest is added, a wash step occurs, and an enzyme-labeled antibody different from the bound antibody is added followed by the substrate. This type of assay is called:

A tumor of plasmacytoid cells that is diagnosed as Waldenström macroglobulinemia produces a paraprotein that is an: