Hematology

Leukemia is a disease that is commonly treated by using chemotherapy and with this treatment comes a lot of side effects like myelosuppression (Thompson 2000). Patient that get Myelosuppression are sometimes diagnosed with anemia which is a disease that results from low level of oxygenated red blood cells and thrombocytopenia which is a decrease in the amount of platelets that a patients has (Thompson 2000). Leukemia affects the cardiovascular system by forcing the clotting cascade to start and…

In Home Elderly Care and Venous Thromboembolism A venous thromboemolisms (VTE) is a fancy name for a blood clot that forms in the vein. When the clot is located in a deep vein, it is called a deep vein thrombosis. Should the clot break loose and make its way to the lungs, it becomes a pulmonary embolism. If it breaks loose and goes to the brain, it is called a stroke. According to the US Surgeon General, between 100,000 to 200,000 people die of VTEs every year in the United States, alone. The…

The raw data of urine osmolarity did not appear to be very different between the control and experimental group, which should have been assumed. Once the sample was subtracted from the baseline for each day, there was a way to compare the control days to the experimental days while accounting for daily fluctuations of urine osmolarity. The asparagus treatment did result in a much smaller difference between the baseline and sample collections (Figure 1.), even though this finding was not…

In the United States, 5 million patients are transfused every year, receiving approximately 14.6 million units of blood.1 Orthopedic and cardiac surgeries are associated with high blood volume loss and account for 10% and 20% of all erythrocyte transfusions, respectively.2,3 Additionally, cancer patients undergoing malignant tumor resection often require transfusions due to chronic blood loss.4 Although improved detection methods have significantly reduced the risk of acquiring blood-borne…

Kala Farmer English 1101 Online Levi Wright, Instructor Proper Instructions of a Blood Draw It’s very important to follow the proper steps in a blood draw for both the safety of the patient and medical personnel. First, the blood draw or venipuncture is the puncture of a vein with a needle to collect a blood sample. The proper steps of a blood draw are as follows. Step One Identifying the patient by name and date of birth is one of the most important steps. As a medical professional you want…

Varicose Veins Varicose veins are veins that have become enlarged, bulging, and twisted. They most often appear in the legs. CAUSES This condition is caused by damage to the valves in veins. These valves help blood return to your heart. When they are damaged and stop working properly, blood may flow backward and back up in the veins near the skin, causing the veins to get larger and appear twisted. The condition can result from any issue that causes blood to back up, like pregnancy, prolonged…

Complete Blood Count (CBC) Jenae Matson WCCC Laurel/Spring 2015 Anatomy and Physiology 2 Matthew Sisak January 23, 2015 Background: Blood is the most important part of your entire body because nothing will function without blood. Blood is there carrier of most important proteins and gasses in your body. Blood has a major part in clotting, protection form unwanted pathogens, passage of oxygen to the body and blood also maintains a balance of fluids, temperature, pH balance and acidic…

Red Blood Cells The red blood cells, scientifically known as Erythrocytes, are stored and developed in the bone marrow. The Erythrocytes make up around around 40 percent of the blood’s volume. In our body we have approximately 20-30 trillion Erythrocytes and every single one contain about 270 million hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a protein filled with iron, which gives the blood its red color. Hemoglobin allows the Erythrocytes to carry oxygen through blood vessels from the lungs and bring it to…

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, also known as (PNH), is a rare disorder in which the red blood cells we all carry in our bodies break apart prematurely. When this happens it is considered an acquired hematopoietic stem cell disorder. These stem sells are created in the bone marrow. These cells grow and develop into white blood cells (WBCs), platelets and red blood cells (RBCs). Hematopoietic stem cells in people with PNH are defective and produce defective blood cells. The defective red…

How is a Damaged Spleen Removed? Your spleen is a small organ, about the size of an average fist, and is located above your stomach on the left side under your rib cage. The spleen plays an important part in your body’s immune system by using white blood cells to fight against infections, by making red blood cells, and by filtering out old blood cells from your body. If your spleen is damaged due to a rupture caused by physical trauma, an injury, being enlarged, an infection, a blood disorder…