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Agents Causing Potential False-Positive Results With Urine Drug Screening 

#Urine #DrugScreens #UDS #Laboratory #Toxicology #Diagnosis #FalsePositive
Causing Potential False-Positive ... Results With Urine ... Screening #Urine ... FalsePositive #Testing
Urine Drug Screens - Common drugs that may cause false positive tests 

Amphetamines:
Bupropion, Labetalol, Methylphenidate, Phenylephrine,
Urine Drug Screens ... that may cause false ... Diphenhydramine #Urine ... FalsePositive #Testing
Summary of Agents Potentially Contributing to False Positives on Urine Drug Screens (UDS)
Marijuana Metabolites
 • dronabinol,
Contributing to False ... Positives on Urine ... (High Rate of False ... FalsePositives #Urine ... DrugScreening #UDS #Testing
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Crossmatch - involves testing ... flank pain, dark urine ... antigens (often false ... negatives on testing ... country) - False
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
flank pain, dark urine ... antigens (often false ... organisms (rare), false ... negatives on testing ... by country) • False
Laboratory Testing in Hemolytic Anemia

Intravascular vs Extravascular Hemolysis
Reticulocytes
Unconjugated bilirubin
LDH
Peripheral smear
Haptoglobin
Urine hemosiderin
Urine hemoglobin
Carboxyhemoglobin

#Hemolytic #Anemia #Laboratory #Testing #workup
Laboratory Testing ... Haptoglobin Urine ... hemosiderin Urine ... Anemia #Laboratory #Testing
Medications that Can Cause False Positives on Drug Tests

Urine drug screens (UDSs) are simple to use,
that Can Cause False ... Drug Tests Urine ... Amphetamine false ... Cannabinoid false ... Benzodiazepine false
What is Fecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT)
 • Screening for colorectal cancer in average risk population
Fecal Occult Blood Testing ... evaluation • False ... cauliflower, ETOH • False ... to unnecessary testing ... #OccultBlood #Testing
1,3 Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan - Pathogens, and Testing Characteristics
1,3 ß-D-glucan:
 • Most fungi excluding mucor and
Pathogens, and Testing ... and pneumocystis False ... other fungi • False ... Galactomannan #Pathogens #Testing
Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
Cushing Syndrome Testing ... INDICATIONS FOR TESTING ... hypertension) Testing ... Cortisol, Free Urine ... Serum (or Cortisol Urine