If the opening pressure of the lumbar puncture is abnormal in an adult, how should the physician proceed?

What does not describe the morphology of a red blood cell as seen on the hemacytometer?

Which of the following makes up the juxtaglomerular apparatus ?

Why can’t fecal occult blood cards used for gastric fluid occult blood testing?

What will cause a false positive in fetal fibronectin (FFN) testing? Select all that apply.

A 78-year-old male presents to the emergency department reporting a 2-day history of difficulty breathing, cough, and chest pain. Upon triage assessment, the patient is found to have a fever, rapid rate of breathing, low oxygen saturation, and crackles upon auscultation of the lungs. A chest X-ray reveals consolidation in the right upper lung field. The patient is diagnosed with pneumonia, initiated on oxygen therapy, and admitted for observation and treatment.

Further microscopic analysis of negatively stained specimens reveals a colorless ring around the outside of each of the spherical cells against a dark background. This clearing indicates that the pathogen possesses which structure(s)?

Match the following preservative with the constituent it is meant to preserve.

A post-vasectomy sample is received into the lab. You mix the sample well and place a drop of specimen on a slide. After covering it with a coverslip, you examine it under the microscope. No sperm are seen on the slide. What is the next step?

What type of proteinuria is present if a patient has an increase in only low molecular-weight proteins in the urine?