Treatment for eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia often involves a team or multi-disciplinary approach.  Which member of the health care team listed below would LEAST likely be involved in the direct treatment of this patient?

If a condition or disease is said to be idiopathic, what does this mean?

A PTA is working on the acute wing of a large hospital, and decides to take vitals because the patient has become pale and complains of weakness and dizziness. These signs and symptoms are most consistent with which disease/disorder?

What is the maximum acceptable blood pressure allowed for a general blood donor?

Extra Credit –  FUN MLS 413 related Extra Credit If the physician ordered 4 units of A positive blood on a patient that had an unexpected Anti-Fya and an unexpected Anti-Jka, how many donor units would need to be antigen typed to theoretically find 4 compatible donor units?  (Fya antigen is present in 65% of the donor population, while the Jka antigen is positive in 77%.) Round up any decimal to the next whole donor unit.

One unit of random donor platelets (RDPs) should increase the recipient’s platelet count by:

For Lana Kane, let’s imagine the antibody you selected has its corresponding antigen present at 45% in the donor population, how many donor units in the blood bank fridge will need to be antigen typed to find 3 units that are potentially antigen negative.  Round up any decimal to the next whole donor unit.

When disease testing the donor unit, what three tests do they run to screen for Hepatitis B specifically?

What would be the best choice for the positive control and negative control when performing antigen typing?

When selecting donor units for crossmatching following the guidelines discussed in lecture, which of the following would be the proper ABO group selection order (best choices in order from 1st – 4th) for a 25-year-old pregnant female typing A negative?