You are studying for a test that you are very worried about….

You are studying for a test that you are very worried about. You have told your roommate that you are worried and that you are not going to the party they are attending as you are going to study. You have been studying for 2 hours straight. You take a break and at that moment your roommate walks in. Casually your roommate states “How is studying Going?” You reply ” I just got on Snapchat, I cannot believe you think I am not studying-why would you even ask that? You are so rude sometimes.” Your roommate responds “I did not mean it like that, chill.” You just engaged in what type of nonlistening?

A patient had his annual athletic physical checkup one hour…

A patient had his annual athletic physical checkup one hour after completing an intense weight-lifting session. The chemical strip results were negative except for 1+ blood.  No RBCs wereseen in the microscopic.  The probable explanation for these results is:

A blood sample is delivered to the lab in a serum separator…

A blood sample is delivered to the lab in a serum separator tube for a chem panel, accompanied by an EDTA tube for CBC/DIFF. The CBC/DIFF results are normal, but abnormalities are detected in the chemistry panel, shown below:Na = 135 mmol/LK = 11.3 mmol/LCl = 103 mmol/LTot CO2 = 14 mmol/LCa = 2.6 mg/dLPhos = 3.8 mg/dLWhat could best explain these results?