eBook - ePub
Physician Assistant PANCE & PANRE
a QuickStudy Laminated Reference Guide
- 44 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
About this book
Essentials for supporting Physician's Assistants (PA-S) and Certified Physician's Assistants (PA-C) in a stripped down, need-to-know 6 page laminated guide to the PANCE/PANRE registry exam. Focus is on exam content areas that are important in practice analysis as outlined by the NCCPA. The study guide is split into the content task areas that the NCCPA has highlighted in their exam content blueprint. To increase scores for certification and recertification this guide is a must-have.
6-page laminated guide includes:
- Overview
- History-Taking Skills
- Risk Factors For Selected Medical Conditions
- Performing Physical Examinations
- Laboratory Studies
- Diagnostic Studies
- Clinical Intervention
- Formulating Diagnoses
- Health Maintenance
- Pharmaceutical Therapeutics
- Basic Science Concepts
- Organ System Disorders
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Laboratory Studies
The PA orders patient-specific laboratory studies.
- Indications for laboratory studies
- Common laboratory screening tests for selected medical conditions
- Interpretation of laboratory studies
- Selecting appropriate laboratory studies
- Collecting laboratory specimens
- Interpretation of results
Complete Blood Count: Components
& Possible Conditions
& Possible Conditions
White Blood Cell Count
- Acute bacterial infection
- Acute viral infection
- Stress
- Chronic viral infections
- Chronic bacterial infections
- Leukocytic autodigestion
- Decreased production from bone marrow
Red Blood Cell Count
- Respiratory distress: asthma or emphysema
- Polycythemia
- Dehydration
- Anemia: iron deficiency, B12/folate deficiency, copper deficiency
- Internal bleeding
- Vitamin C deficiency
Hemoglobin
- Respiratory distress: asthma or emphysema
- Polycythemia
- Dehydration
- Anemia: iron deficiency, B12/folate deficiency, B6 deficiency, copper deficiency
- Internal bleeding
- Digestive inflammation
- Vitamin C deficiency
Hematocrit
- Respiratory distress: asthma or emphysema
- Polycythemia
- Spleen hyperfunction
- Dehydration
- Anemia: iron deficiency, B12/folate deficiency, B6sub> deficiency, copper deficiency
- Internal bleeding
- Digestive inflammation
- Thymus hypofunction
- Vitamin C deficiency
Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)
- Anemia: iron deficiency, B12/folate deficiency, B6 deficiency
- Vitamin C deficiency
- Internal bleeding
Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH)
- Anemia: iron deficiency, B12/folate deficiency, B6 deficiency
- Hypochlorhydria
- Internal bleeding
- Heavy-metal body burden
- Vitamin C deficiency
Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concen- tration (MCHC)
- Anemia: iron ciency, B12/folate deficiency, B6 deficiency
- Hypochlorhydria
- Heavy-metal body burden
- Vitamin C deficiency
Red Blood Cell Distribution Width (RDW)
- Anemia: iron deficiency, B12/folate deficiency
- Pernicious anemia
- Acute/Chronic bacterial infection
- Inflammation
Neutrophils (Low)
- Aplastic anemia
- Pernicious anemia
- Chronic viral infection
Monocytes (High)
- Recovery phase of infection
- Liver dysfunction
- Intestinal parasites
- Benign prostatic hypertrophy
Lymphocytes
- Childhood diseases
- Acute and chronic viral infections
- Infectious mononucleosis
- Inflammation
- Systemic toxicity
- Chronic viral or bacterial infections
- Free radical activity
- Active bacterial infections
- Suppressed bone marrow function Eosinophils
- Intestinal parasites
- Food and environmental allergies/sensitivities
- Asthma
- Increased adrenal steroid production
Basophils (High)
- Tissue inflammation
- Intestinal parasites
Platelet Count
- Atherosclerosis
- Thrombocytopenia
- Heavy-metal body burden
- Free radical pathology
Complete Blood Count (Adult Results)
| Test | Normal Range |
|---|---|
| Red blood cells (× 106/mL) | Male: 4.5–5.5 Female: 4.0–4.9 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | Male: 13.5–17.5 Female: 12.0–165.0 |
| Hematocrit (%) | Male: 41–50 Female: 36–44 |
| Red blood cell distribution width | < 14.5 |
| Mean corpuscular volume | 80–100 |
| Mean corpuscular hemoglobin | 26–34 |
| Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration | 31–37 |
| Platelet count | 100,000–450,000 |
White Blood Cell & Differential
| White blood cell count (cells/mL) | 4,500–10,000 |
| Segmented neutrophils | 54%–62% |
| Band forms | 3%–5% (above 8% indicates left shift) |
| Basophils | 0–1 (0%–0.75%) |
| Eosinophils | 0–3 (1%–3%) |
| Lymphocytes | 24–44 (25%–33%) |
| Monocytes | 3–6 (3%–7%) |
Blood Chemistry: Components & Possible Conditions
Glucose
- Diabetes
- Insulin resistance
- Early-stage hyperglycemia/diabetes
- Syndrome X/Metabolic syndrome
- Thiamine need
- Cortisol resistance
- Fatty liver
- Liver congestion
- Hypoglycemia: reactive, liver glycogen problem
- Hyperinsulinism
- Adrenal hypofunction
A1C
- Diabetes mellitus
- Insulin resistance
- Hypoglycemia
Calcium
- Kidney problems
- Bone disease
- Thyroid disease
- Cancer...
Table of contents
- Overview
- History-Taking Skills
- Risk Factors For Selected Medical Conditions
- Performing Physical Examinations
- Laboratory Studies
- Diagnostic Studies
- Formulating Diagnoses
- Health Maintenance
- Clinical Intervention
- Pharmaceutical Therapeutics
- Basic Science Concepts
- Organ System Disorders