Hemoglobin

Goy, David The Functions of Blood Blood plays a very important role in maintaining the normal functions of the different, tissues, organs and organ systems in the body. It serves as the primary medium for carrying and transporting important gases, minerals and nutrients needed to maintain homeostasis. Blood is composed of several components: plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Plasma is the fluid compartment of the blood; it carries ions, minerals, nutrients, gases,…

Founder effect occurs if a small group moves from home to new settlements, this new family will have dissimilar allele frequencies from the original population it may be by chance either lack come alleles or have high frequency of others while population bottlenecks occurs when a large decrease in the size of an original population can eliminate a large amount of genes. 23. How does mutation increase genetic variation in a way that crossing over and independent assortment do not? This because…

Currently, the only cure available for sufferers of sickle cell disease is hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). In this process, stem cells are taken from the bone marrow or blood of someone without the disease (the donor). The donor is often the sufferer’s sibling, and this is because the most successful and safest transplants are those that use stem cells that are matched for special proteins known as HLA proteins. These antigens are inherited from parents meaning that siblings are…

Erythrocytes, also known as RBCs, are a major component of O2 delivery to the brain. The primary function of red blood cells is to transport respiratory gases, such as O2 and carbon dioxide (CO2), to the body’s tissues and organs. Each RBC contains hemoglobin which has the capacity to carry four O2 molecules. Therefore, if the amount of blood supplied to an organ is reduced, the amount of O2 that is delivered to that organ is reduced as well (Hoehn & Marieb, 2010,…

1. Presentation of primary and secondary diagnosis Primary Diagnosis: Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) Normally, as the heart contracts, it is able to exert a pressure that drives blood throughout the cardiovascular system and allows for perfusion as well as gas and nutrient exchange to take place. This blood flow is typically described by the equation Q=P/R, where Q represents blood flow, P is the pressure gradient, and R stands for total peripheral resistance.1 In a well-functioning system,…

Anemia is the disease I chose for this disease diary. 16.2 billion people are affected by anemia. 3 million cases each year this disease is very common. The signs and symptoms of this disease are fatigue, cold hands and feet, pale skin, numbness, cognitive problems, headaches, chest pain, dizziness, and shortness of breath.Many of these symptoms and signs are characteristics of the disease. What causes anemia is your body can not make enough blood cells. Your body also…

acid and a conjugate base in a solution. They resist pH change when acids or bases are added to the solution. Blood is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma. Red blood cells help the body is carrying nutrients. Hemoglobin is the main component in blood and carries oxygen to rest of the body after it is pumped through the heart. red blood cells also carry carbon dioxide to the lungs so your body can release the CO2 through…

The patient revealed that she is married with two children. Her husband and both children are very supportive and want what is best for her. Her mother and father are both alive and well and have been visiting her at the hospital; they are also very supportive. She currently works at Green Valley Elementary School and states they have been very accommodating with the health issues she has been dealing with. She stated she used to be a smoker, but quit a long time ago. She also stated that when…

" 48 percent of humanity will be exposed regularly to deadly heat by the year 2100," wrote in the New Republic. Humans are killing our ozone layer more and more each year. This is causing extreme weather conditions. However, there is a solution to stop the Earths slow death: veganism. Veganism is a very productive way to end global warming by stopping greenhouse gasses from making contact with the ozone layers. It is also the single most effective path to reduce global warming, however becoming…

appropriate use as defined by use only in patients meeting inclusion criteria of the Palms West Hospital protocol, administration within the appropriate window, correct weight-based dosing and bleeding adverse event as define by a drop in baseline hemoglobin of ≥ 2g/dL over a 24 hour period. The patient’s age, gender, race, baseline blood pressure, prescribing physician, and NIH score was also…