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WBC

Tube color
Purpose
Range
Increased/Decreased
White Blood Cell Count
(Whole Blood)

Tube: Lavender

Purpose: assists in diagnosis and prognosis of disease

Normal range: 5000 - 1000/ cu mm

Increases: Leukocytosis

Decreases: Leukopenia
RBC

Tube color
Purpose
Range
Increased/Decreased
Red Blood Cell Count
(Whole Blood)

Tube: Lavender

Purpose: assist in diagnosis of anemia and polycythemia

Normal range:
Male - 5-6 million/cu mm
Female - 4-5 million/cu mm

Increases: Polycythemia, severe burns

Decreases: Anemia, leukemia
* All of the red blood cell tests increase with polycythemia and severe burns
and Decrease with Anemia and Leukemia
Diff

Tube color
Purpose
Range
Increased/Decreased
Differential White Blood Cell Count
(FRESH whole blood)

Tube: Lavender

Purpose: assists in diagnosis and prognosis of disease

Normal range:
(Never Let Monkies Eat Bananas)
Neutrophils - 50-70%
Lymphcytes - 20-35%
Monocytes - 3-8%
Eosinophils - 1-4%
Basophils - 0-1%

Increases:
end with phils = philia
(neutrophils = neutrophilia)
end with cytes =
(lymphocytes = lymphocytosis)

Decreases:
all end with -penia
(basophils = basopenia)
Hgb

Tube color
Purpose
Range
Increased/Decreased
Hemoglobin
(whole blood)

Tube: Lavender

Purpose: screen for presence and severity of anemia and monitor treatment for anemia

Normal Range:
Male- 14-18 g/100 ml
Female- 12-16 g/100ml

Increases: Polycythemia, severe burns

Decreases: Anemia, leukemia
* All of the red blood cell tests increase with polycythemia and severe burns
and Decrease with Anemia and Leukemia
Hct, HCT

Tube color
Purpose
Range
Increased/Decreased
Hematocrit
(whole blood)

Tube: Lavender

Purpose: assists in diagnosis and evaluation of anemia

Normal range: 5000 - 1000/ cu mm

Increases: polycythemia, shock, severe burns

Decreases: anemia, leukemia
* All of the red blood cell tests increase with polycythemia and severe burns
and Decrease with Anemia and Leukemia
PT

Tube color
Purpose
Range
Increased/Decreased
Prothrombin time
(Whole Blood)

Tube: Blue (lt? dark?)

Purpose: screens for coagulation disorders and to regulate pts on oral anticoagulant therapy with warfarin sodium

Normal range: 11-16 sec

Increases: Thrombocytosis

Decreases: Thrombocytopenia
BUN

Tube color
Purpose
Increased/Decreased
Blood urea nitrogen
(serum)

Tube: Red

Purpose: detect renal disease, especially glomerular functioning

Normal range: N/A
(Hayes Crossed Out)

Increases: kidney disease

Decreases: liver failure
Ca+

Tube color
Purpose
Increased/Decreased
Blood urea nitrogen
(serum)

Tube: Red

Purpose: detect renal disease, especially glomerular functioning

Normal range: N/A
(Hayes Crossed Out)

Increases: kidney disease

Decreases: liver failure
CH
Chol
Cholesterol
(serum)

Tube: Red

Purpose: atherosclerosis presence, thyroid and liver functioning

Normal range: <200mg/dl

Increases: atherosclerosis, hypothyroidism

Decreases: Hyperthyroidism, liver disease
creat
Creatinine
(serum)

Tube: Red

Purpose: renal functioning

Normal range: 0.4-1.5 mg/dl

Increases: impaired renal functioning, and other urinary shit

Decreases: muscular dystrophy
GTT

Tube color
Purpose
Ranges
Increased/Decreased
Glucose Tolerance Test
(serum)

Tube: Red

Purpose: disorders of glucose metabolism

Normal range:
30 min - 120-170 mg/dl
1 hr - 120-170 mg/dl
2 hr - 100-140 mg/dl
3 hr - <125 mg/dl

Diabetes Range:
30 min - >200
1 hr - >200
2 hr - >140
3 hr - > 140
(why is is greater than?)

Increases: Hyperglycemia

Decreases: Hypoglycemia
FBS

Tube color
Purpose
Ranges
Increased/Decreased
Fasting Blood Sugar
(serum)

Tube: Red

Purpose: disorders of glucose metabolism

Normal range: 70-110 mg/dl

Diabetes Range: >120 mg/dl
(why is is greater than?)

Increases: Hyperglycemia

Decreases: Hypoglycemia
2-hr PPBS

Tube color
Purpose
Ranges
Increased/Decreased
Two-hour postprandial
(serum)

Tube: Red

Purpose: disorders of glucose metabolism

Normal range: <140 mg/dl

Increases: Hyperglycemia

Decreases: Hypoglycemia
SGOTT (AST)

Tube color
Purpose
Ranges
Increased/Decreased
Serum Glutamicoxaloacetic Transaminase
(What a what?)
(serum)

Tube: Red

Purpose: detect tissue damage

Normal range: 0-41 mU/ml

Increases: myocardial infarction

Decreases: uncontrolled diabetes mellitus with acidosis
FT4
(the four is supposed to be little)

Tube color
Purpose
Ranges
Increased/Decreased
Free Thyroxine T4 (little four)
(serum)

Tube: Red

Purpose: assess thyroid functioning and evaluate thyroid replacement therapy

Normal range: 1-2.3 mg/dl

Increases: Hyperthyroidism

Decreases: Hypothyroidism
TB

Tube color
Purpose
Ranges
Increased/Decreased
Total Bilirubin
(serum)

Tube: Red

Purpose: evaluate liver functioning and hemolytic anemia

Normal range: 0.1-1.2 mg/dl

Increases: liver disease

Decreases: none
TP

Tube color
Purpose
Ranges
Increased/Decreased
Total Protein
(serum)

Tube: Red

Purpose: protein balance altering diseases and asses state of body hydration

Normal range: 6.0-8.0 g/dL

Increases: dehydration

Decreases: severe hemorrhaging
UA

Tube color
Purpose
Ranges
Increased/Decreased
Uric Acid
(serum)

Tube: Red

Purpose: evaluate renal failure, gout and luekemia

Normal range: 2.2-9.0 mg/dL

Increases: renal failure, gout, leukemia

Decreases: pts undergoing treatment with uricosuric drugs