Name That Lab Test! Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• hemoglobin a1c: used to assess glucose control.
• tacrolimus: measurement may be of use in monitoring patients receiving this drug to prevent rejection in transplantation patients.
• urinalysis: detect abnormalities of urine; diagnose/manage renal diseases, urinary tract infection, urinary tract neoplasms, systemic diseases, among other uses.
• blood culture: isolate and identify potentially pathogenic organisms causing bacteremia; establish the diagnosis of endocarditis.
• albumin: evaluation of nutritional status, blood oncotic pressure; evaluation of renal disease with proteinuria and other chronic diseases.
• lipid panel: evaluate hyperlipidemia as an index to coronary artery disease.
• sodium: electrolyte, acid-base balance; water balance; water intoxication; diagnose dehydration.
• glucose: diagnose diabetes mellitus; evaluate disorders of carbohydrate metabolism; evaluate acidosis and ketoacidosis.
• vitamin b12: detect cobalamin deficiency as in pernicious anemia; diagnose folic acid deficiency; evaluate hypersegmentation of granulocyte nuclei; diagnose macrocytic anemia; diagnose megaloblastic anemia; evaluate alcoholism, prenatal care; evaluate malabsorption, neurological disorders, among other uses.
• cortisol: establish the diagnosis of adrenocortical insufficiency, addison’s disease, adrenocortical hypersecretion, cushing’s syndrome..
• lipase: diagnose pancreatitis, peritonitis, strangulated or infarcted bowel, pancreatic cyst.
• uric acid: useful in the diagnosis and treatment of gout, renal failure, and a variety of other disorders.