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cookcarl

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on: Jul 16, 2018
Which of the following tests is used to evaluate renal function?
 
  a. Creatinine
  b. Protein level
  c. Serum enzymes
  d. Sweat chloride

Question 2

A patient is brought into the ER with chest pain. The physician is having difficulty confirming the patient's diagnosis through an ECG.
 
  Blood results show an elevated level of CPK-2. What can the physician suspect after reviewing the blood work?
  a. Pulmonary embolism
  b. Gastroesophageal reflux
  c. Myocardial infarction
  d. Valvular stenosis


dantucker

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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
The most common tests performed to evaluate kidney function are blood urea nitrogen and cre-atinine.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The most common CPK enzyme test is CPK-2 (CPK-MB) which is released from the heart fol-lowing myocardial infarction. Peak levels occur sometime between 12 and 24 hr following injury. Serial CPK-2 measurements are monitored in patients with suspected myocardial infarction, as well as patients with cardiac contusion from chest trauma, open-heart surgery, or myocarditis.


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