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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Anisocytosis
Excessive inequality in the size
Poikilocytosis
unusually high (greater than 10%) population of abnormally
shaped RBC’s in peripheral blood.
Spherocytosis
Red cells are smaller, rounder, and more fragile than normal
Schistocytosis
Fragmentation of a red blood cell
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
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
White Blood cells count
1. Range
1. 4500 - 11000/mm^3
Leukocytosis
1. Physiologic conditions
2. Pathologic conditions (ITALIC)
1. Extreme temperature, Muscular activity, pregnancy
2. Infection, Tissue death, Allergy, Leukemia, Inflammation, Cancer
WBC Diff
1. Neutrophils
2. Band Cells
1. 50-70% or 3000 - 7000 cells
2. 3-5%
WBC Diff
3. Lymphocytes
3. 20-40% or 1000-3000 cells
WBC Diff
4. Monocytes
4. 0-7% or 0-700 cells
WBC Diff
5. Eosinophils
5. 0-5% or 0-500 cells
WBC Diff
6. Basophils
6. 0-1% or 0-100
Whats in a chem 7 panel
1. Sodium and potassium
2. Chloride and CO2
3. BUN and Creatinine
4. Glucose
Whats in an inorganic ions panel?
1. calcium, magnesium, phosphorus
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
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
Chloride
1. range
2. High
3. Low
1. 98 - 106 mEq/L
2. follows sodium
3. low = vomiting
Carbon Dioxide
1. range
2. High
3. Low
1. 21-30 mEq/L
2. Metabolic alkylosis; Respiratory acidosis
3. Metabolic acidosis; Respiratory alkylosis
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
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
Glucose
1. range
2. High
3. Low
1. 70-110 mg/dL
2. High - major DM indicator
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Red Vacutainer
Chemistry, type and cross, serology
Blue Vacutainer
Coag
Purple Vacutainer
Hematology
Green Vacutainer
Cortisol, Ammonia, Calcium
Gray Vacutainer
Lactic Acid
Normal TSH
0.7-5.3 mIU/ml
Normal Ft4
60-150 mmol/l
Normal FT3
0-3 mmol/l
creatnine clearance
male - 97-140 ml/min
Female - 85-125 ml/min
GFR
100-150 ml/min