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What is lipemic blood?
Lipemic blood serum refers to a condition where the serum is milky white from its high fat content. Lipemic blood serum refers to a condition where the serum is milky white from its high fat content.
What color is lipemic in serum appearance?
Milky/white
Why does a colloid appear cloudy?
The cloudier your plasma is, the more platelets it has.I have not found any reference to the amount of platelets and plasma turbidity. Please see next answer..."Turbid, cloudy or milky serum (lipemic serum) may be produced by the presence of fatty substances (lipids) in the blood. Bacterial contamination may also cause cloudy serum. Moderately or grossly lipemic specimens may alter certain test results.A recent meal may produce transient lipemia; therefore, we recommend that patients fast 12-16 hours before a blood specimen is obtained."
What MCHC value should plasma saline replacement be performed?
Saline replacement should only be used if all other measures have failed. If you have a lipemic sample, plasma HGB should be used to correct the HGB, MCHC, and MCH. If you hae a cold agglutinin, then the sample should be warmed and re-run. If the cold agglutinin will not warm out, then saline replacement should be considered.
When a test requires a fasting specimen but the serum is it is a clue that the pateint was not fasting?
lipemic
Can blood glucose level falsely increased in lipemic serum?
No. Lipemia is cholesterol and fat, not glucose.
What are the effects of lipemic sample on serum electrolyte?
we should not report the potassium level in lupmic serum
What is lipemic severve?
Do you mean severe? Severe lipemia is the harsh presence of excess fats or lipids in the blood.
What repairs breaks in the blood vessels?
Plasma Plasma Plasma Plasma
What is the liquid matrix of blood?
it is called plasma.
What are some different applications for plasma torches?
There are some different applications for plasma torches (or plasma arc or plasma gun) including plasma cutting, plasma spraying and plasma and waste disposal.
Is there plasma in plasma cutters?
No. A plasma cutter creates plasma from some preexisting gas.
