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Mastering Lab Interpretation & The Implications for Patient Care from Cyndi Zarbano

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Mastering Lab Interpretation & The Implications for Patient Care from Cyndi Zarbano

Faculty:Cyndi Zarbano

Duration:Full Day | Format:Audio and Video

Archive : Mastering Lab Interpretation & The Implications for Patient Care from Cyndi Zarbano

Description:

Understanding the Differential: Including “Shift to the Left”
Identify Types of Acute Kidney Failure from the Labs
Life-Threatening Electrolyte Imbalances and Interventions
Master ABG Interpretation Using a Simple Tool
Systemic Inflammation of Sepsis: Lactate/Procalcitonin Levels
Reading Cultures and Sensitivities
The Clues to Liver Failure: Understanding LFTs
Lab and EKG Clues to Differentiate ACS and MI

Attend this interactive seminar and leave with true integrative understanding of lab results and patient outcomes. Be a CLINICIAN, not a TECHNICIAN . . . be PROactive, not REactive! Learn the hidden clinical clues of labs and empower yourself to change lives as a situationally aware patient advocate powerhouse!

Join Cyndi Zarbano, MSN, BSN, CCRN, CMSRN, CLNC, NLCP, as she demystifies both the common and less frequently seen lab values. You will explore a large variety of labs, why they are ordered, and what the results tell us about your patients. By understanding the clues that these values give you, you can utilize critical thinking to proactively plan the course of care and optimize patient outcomes.

OUTLINE

Basic Metabolic Profile (BMP)

Glucose
Acid Base
Renal Function
Electrolytes
Life-threatening Electrolytes
- Potassium
- Magnesium
- Sodium
- Calcium

Comprehensive Metabolic Panel: Indications and Implications

LFTs: Exploring the Liver
AST/ALT/ALP/Total Bilirubin/Proteins
Health Issues in Liver Failure
- Jaundice
- Ascites
- Hepatic
- Encephelopathy

CBC with Differential: Interpreting the Components

What Can Impact WBC and Neutrophil Findings
Anemias/Polycythemias
Understanding the Differential
The Left Shift Explained
Guidelines on Transfusing have Changed

Acute Renal Failure: Identify the Cause

Creatinine
BUN
BUN/CR ratios
Glomerular Filtration Rate
Urine Osmolality
FENA

Cardiac Labs: Ischemia vs. Myocardial Infarction

Cardiac Panels
EKG Clues Supporting the Findings
Distinguishing STEMI vs. NSTEMI
BNP
Pro-BNP

Coagulation/Thrombotic Risk Panels: Clues to Clotting

The Clotting Cascade
The Right Lab Test for the Medication
aPTT
PT
INR
D-dimer
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy

Urinalysis: Does Your Patient Have a UTI?

Latest Guidelines
Culture

Blood Gases: Identifying the Underlying Abnormality

Three Types of Gases
Interpreting Arterial Blood Gases: It’s Easier Than You Think!
Venous Blood Gases
Mixed Venous Blood Gases

Labs and Sepsis: Taking a Team Approach

Cultures, Gram Stains and Sensitivities
Systematic Inflammation
Labs of Sepsis
- Lactate Levels
- Procalcitonin Levels
- WBCs
- Neutrophils

Lumbar Punctures / Cerebral Spinal Fluid

Bacterial Meningitis
Viral Meningitis
Viral Encephalitis

Understanding Thyroid Dysfunction

TSH
T4 Levels
T3 Uptake

Differentiating Hyperglycemic States

DKA
HHS (HHNK)
Treatment for Each

OBJECTIVES

Evaluate the results of Coagulation Studies (PT/INT and PTT).
Analyze a Complete Blood Count with Differential and discuss clinical applications (Anemias, Left Shifts, Infections, etc.).
Recognize the clinical implications of metabolic panels.
Distinguish between life-threatening electrolyte imbalances, as well as potential causes and remedies.
Predict renal function based on BUN, Creatinine, BUN/CR ratio, and GFR.
Interpret cardiac panel results in a suspected acute myocardial infarction.
Analyze blood gases and pertinent clinical implications.
Differentiate between bacterial meningitis and viral meningitis based on lumbar puncture findings.
Recognize the key clinical indicators and implications for infection on a urinalysis.

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