Nursing REPLICA D - ROMA AZIENDA POLICLINICO UMBERTO I/AERONAUTICA MILITARE

Inglese: Introduction to laboratory medicine. Definition of a biological sample. Screening test, meaning and examples. The medical report and the reference values. Complete blood count. Haematocrit, VES. Immunoematology; blood transfusion, donation of blood in apheresis. Blood derivatives. Blood groups (AB0 and Rh). Blood typing and Coombs test. The transfusion reaction and its pathological significance. Analysis of plasma proteins: the protidogram, its relevance in clinical diagnosis, examples of medical reports. The main plasma proteins . Urine test: chemical, physical, microscopic; meaning in clinical diagnosis. Laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases: direct and indirect diagnosis. Examples: HIV tests and hepatitis B tests and COVID-19. ELISA test. Laboratory investigations for allergic diseases (RIST, RAST, Prick test), examples of medical reports.