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epica

10/06/06 - 09:37 PM

321. Blood is drawn initially from an ambulatory patient and again after the patient has been lying down for 1 hour. The concentrations of all of the following analytes would be expected to decrease EXCEPT:
A. albumin.
B. cholesterol.
C. alkaline phosphatase.
D. creatinine.
E. calcium.

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10/07/06 - 10:16 AM

albumin and calcium levels wud parallel each other so i wud exclude these two.

i wud probably guess cholesterol...perhaps when lying down, lymphatic drainage wud incresae too ( grin

just guessing)..

frankly im not sure .

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10/07/06 - 12:18 PM

I agree with you, I go with B

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10/07/06 - 12:51 PM

yes Cholesterol,

Albumin concentation remain same so as Ca,

Creatininie conc. is related to Muscle activity

epica

10/07/06 - 08:43 PM

Cholesterol

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10/08/06 - 03:24 PM

whtz the explanation for cholesterol??

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epica

10/08/06 - 04:12 PM

I have only ans, no explanation

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10/09/06 - 09:03 AM

Patient is at rest mean not using enegry so Cholesterol is not being used so will rise ........

epica

10/10/06 - 07:48 PM

Thanks

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