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RBC for:
1. Male 2. Female 3. High RBC = ? 4. Low RBC = ? |
1. 4.7-6.6 x 10^6/mm^3
2. 4.2-5.4 x 10^6/mm^3 3. High = Polycythemia vera 4. Low = anemia |
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Hemoglobin (Hgb)
1. M 2. F 3. High 4 Low |
1. M = 14-18 gm/dl
2. F = 12-16 gm/dl 3. High = Polycythemia vera 4. Low = anemia |
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Hematocrit -
1. Volume measurement obtained? 2. Values 3. High 4. Low |
1. RBC/100 cc (mL)
2. M = 42-54% F = 37-47% 3. High = Polycythemia vera 4. Low = anemia |
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Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)
1. What does it mean 2. How is it calculated 3. Value 4. High 5. Low |
1. Average volume of RBCs
2. Ratio of hematocrit to RBC count 3. 83-97 ul or 90 +/- 7 mm^3 (ul=mm^3) 4. Macrocytosis 5. Microcytosis |
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Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH)
1. What does it mean? 2. How is it calculated 3. Value 4. High 5. Low |
1. Average wt of Hemoglobin contained in an RBC
2. Hgb/RBC 3. 27-31 or 29 +/- 2 pg 4. Hyperchromia 5. Hypochromia |
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Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)
1. What does it mean? 2. How is it calculated? 3. Values? 4. High =? 5. Low = ? |
1. Average concentration of Hgb in a given volume (100 cc) of RBC
2. Hgb/Hct 3. 32-36 g/dl or 34 +/- 2 g/dl 4. High = Hereditary spherocytosis 5. Low = Hypochromic anemia |
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Red Blood Cell Distribution Width (RDW)
1. What does it mean? 2. Value 3. What does it cause if its increased? |
1.Description of regularity of red cell diameters
2. 11.8 - 14.1% 3. Increased --> anemia |
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ESR
1. What does it measure? 2. Value 3. If its increased what does it mean? |
1. Rate at which anticoagulated blood forms Rouleaux
2. 20 mm/hr 3. Increased in Disease and inflammation |
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Anisocytosis
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Excessive inequality in the size
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Poikilocytosis
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unusually high (greater than 10%) population of abnormally
shaped RBC’s in peripheral blood. |
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Spherocytosis
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Red cells are smaller, rounder, and more fragile than normal
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Schistocytosis
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Fragmentation of a red blood cell
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1. Howell-Jolly bodies
2. When are they seen |
1. spherical blue-black inclusions of red blood cells seen on Wright- stained smears
2. Seen in hemolytic anemias and people with dysfunctional spleens and patients with splenectomy |
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Platelet Count (Plt)
1. Range 2. High 3. Low |
1. 150,000 - 400,000 cell/mm^3
2. High in: inflammatory rxns, blood disorders, cancer, splenectomy 3. Low in: Immune/idiopathic, viral disease, SLE, drug-induced |
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White Blood cells count
1. Range |
1. 4500 - 11000/mm^3
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Leukocytosis
1. Physiologic conditions 2. Pathologic conditions (ITALIC) |
1. Extreme temperature, Muscular activity, pregnancy
2. Infection, Tissue death, Allergy, Leukemia, Inflammation, Cancer |
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WBC Diff
1. Neutrophils 2. Band Cells |
1. 50-70% or 3000 - 7000 cells
2. 3-5% |
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WBC Diff
3. Lymphocytes |
3. 20-40% or 1000-3000 cells
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WBC Diff
4. Monocytes |
4. 0-7% or 0-700 cells
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WBC Diff
5. Eosinophils |
5. 0-5% or 0-500 cells
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WBC Diff
6. Basophils |
6. 0-1% or 0-100
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Whats in a chem 7 panel
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1. Sodium and potassium
2. Chloride and CO2 3. BUN and Creatinine 4. Glucose |
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Whats in an inorganic ions panel?
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1. calcium, magnesium, phosphorus
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Sodium
1. range 2. High 3. Low |
1. 134-145 mEq/L
2. hypernatremia - excess water loss, n/v 3. hyponatremia - CHF, adrenal insufficiency, diuretics |
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Potassium
1. range 2. High 3. Low |
1. 3.5 - 5.0 mEq/L
2. Hyperkalemia - renal failure, acidosis, injuries 3. Hypokalemia - poor intake, vomiting, diarrhea |
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Chloride
1. range 2. High 3. Low |
1. 98 - 106 mEq/L
2. follows sodium 3. low = vomiting |
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Carbon Dioxide
1. range 2. High 3. Low |
1. 21-30 mEq/L
2. Metabolic alkylosis; Respiratory acidosis 3. Metabolic acidosis; Respiratory alkylosis |
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Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN)
1. range 2. High 3. Low |
1. 10-20 mg/dL
2. azotemia, decreased GFR, renal failure 3. ESLD (end stage liver disease, NOT english as a second language disease), malnutrition |
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Creatinine
1. range 2. High 3. Low |
1. 0.5-1.5 mg/dL
2. High = renal impairment, severe muscle disease 3. low = n/a |
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Glucose
1. range 2. High 3. Low |
1. 70-110 mg/dL
2. High - major DM indicator |
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Calcium
1. range 2. High 3. Low |
1. 9-10.5 mg/dL
2. high = Vitamin K excess, lytic/metastatic bone tumors, hyperparathyroidism, sarcoid, TB 3. hypoparathyroidism, Vitamin D deficiency (rickets/osteomalacia), renal failure, diseases that affect Ca++ absorption |
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Magnesium
1. Range 2. High 3. Low |
1. 1.3-2.1 mEq/L
2. High = renal failure, excess antiacid 3. low = alcoholism, malabsorption, diabetic acidosis |
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Phosphorus
1. Range 2. High 3. Low |
1. 3.4-5.0 mg/dL
2. high = renal disease, hypoparathyroidism, healing bone fractures, increased growth hormone 3. hyperparathyroidism, increased carbohydrate metabolism |
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INR
1. What does it measure 2. For what anti-coagulant is this useful 3. What test does it standardize 4. Normal range 5. range of treating A-fib, venous thrombosis, hip/knee prostheses 6. Range used to treat prosthetic heart valve |
1. Extrinsic pathway
2. Coumadin/warfarin 3. Standardizes PT prothrombin time test 4. 0.8-1.0 5. 2.0-3.0 6. 2.5-3.5 |
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PT
1. What factor deficiencies does it test for? 2. What does increased time mean? 3. Mean normal value? |
1. Extrinsic pathway factors: V, VII, X, prothrombin, & fibrinogen
2. - Liver disease - Vitamin K deficiency - Disseminated intravascular coagulation - Nephrotic Syndrome - Treatment with certain antibiotics, chemotherapeutics, or antithrombotic drugs 3. 10-13 secs |
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PTT or aPTT
1. What factor deficiencies does it test for? 2. What does increased time mean? 3. Normal range |
1. Intrinsic pathway factors - IX, VIII, XI; SLE anticoagulants
2. Factor Deficiency Factor Inhibitor Anticoagulation with heparin 3. 25-39 secs |
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Skin Bleeding time (SBT)
1. Normal Range 2. Screening test for? 3. ________ predictor of clinical bleeding |
1. 0-7 mins
2. Screens for von Willebrand's Dz 3. Poor predictor |
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Red Vacutainer
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Chemistry, type and cross, serology
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Blue Vacutainer
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Coag
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Purple Vacutainer
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Hematology
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Green Vacutainer
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Cortisol, Ammonia, Calcium
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Gray Vacutainer
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Lactic Acid
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Normal TSH
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0.7-5.3 mIU/ml
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Normal Ft4
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60-150 mmol/l
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Normal FT3
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0-3 mmol/l
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creatnine clearance
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male - 97-140 ml/min
Female - 85-125 ml/min |
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GFR
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100-150 ml/min
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