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Urine Specific Gravity
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1.002-1.030
Refers to kidney's ability to concentrate urine |
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Blood pH
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7.35-7.45
Blood is slightly alkaline |
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Potassium
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3.5-5.5 mEq/L
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Arterial Bicarbonate
HCO3 |
22-26
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Venous Bicarbonate
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24-30
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Albumin
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3.5-4.8 U/L
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Calcium
Ca2+ |
Adult 8.9-10.4 mg/dl
Child 8.8-10.8 mg/dl |
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Creatinine
Cardiac Enzyme |
0.5-1.4 mg/dl
elevation - indicator of heart attack |
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Troponin
Cardiac Enzyme |
should be 0.3 mcg/L or less
elevation - indicator of heart attach |
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BUN
Urea Nitrogen |
Adult 7-18 mg/dl
Child 5-18 mg/dl Measures kidney function |
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Average daily fluid intake, adult
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2200-2700 ml/day
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How to figure BMI
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kg/m2
weight/height squared |
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BMI ranges
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under 18.4 underweight
18.5-24.9 normal 25-29.9 overweight over 30 obese over 40 morbid obese |
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How to figure nitrogen balance
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Divide grams protein/day by 6.25=intake
24 hr urine=output Intake-output=nitrogen balance should be 10-20 mg/dl or 3.6-7.1 mmo/l |
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Chloride
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Electrolyte
98-110-mEq/L |
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Transferrin
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204-360 mg/dl
carries iron to bone marrow, liver and spleen |
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Serum OSMOLALITY
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275-295
measures amount of chemicals dissolved in blood mainly sodium, bicarb, chloride, proteins, glucose |
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Sodium
Na+ |
Adult 135-145 mEq/L
Child 138-145 mEq/L |
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Urine volume 24 hour
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Male 800-1800 ml
Female 600-1600 ml Child 500-1000 ml |
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Glucose
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Adult 65-110 mg/dL
Child 60-100 mg/dL |
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Partial Pressure Oxygen
pO2 |
75-100 mmHg
amount of O2 in blood ability of O2 to move from lungs into blood |
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O2 saturation
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95-100%
measures how much hemoglobin in blood is carrying O2 |
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BP
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Adult 120/80 or less
1 month old 85/54 1 year old 95/65 6 year old 105/65 |
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Adult temp, various methods
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Oral/Tympanic 98.6
Rectal 99.5 Axillary 97.7 Fever point 102.2 |
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Hematocrit
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Male 40-52%
Female 37-46% Child 31-43% (35-45% in Wong's) Measures percentage of RBC in whole blood |
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Hemoglobin
Hg or Hgb |
Male 13.2-16.2 gm/dl
Female 12.0-15.2 gm/dl Child 11.5-15.5 gm/dl Hemoglobin is a protein that carries O2 |
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Heart Rate
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Adult 60-100
Infant 120-160 Preschool 80-110 |
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Leukocytes
WBC |
Adult 4.5-11.0 x 1000
Child 5.5-15.5 x 1000 Should be none in urine |
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Platelet count
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140-450 x 10-3 (cubed)
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Total serum iron
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Male 76-198 g/dl
Female 26-170 g/dl Child 50-120 g/dl |
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Red blood cells
RBC |
Male 4.3-6.2 x 10-6
Female 3.8-5.5 x 10-6 Child 4.0-5.2 x 10-6 (Wong's) |