Platelet

blood is a complete blood count with differential and a reticulocyte count. This test provides a lot of information on the condition of the blood such as hemoglobin, hematocrit, and the number of red and white blood cells as well as the number of platelets. The last thing this test shows is the mean corpuscular volume of the red blood cells, which is the average size of the red blood cells in the blood. The next step is to biopsy and aspirate the patient’s bone morrow. This is done by taking a…

Considering the evaluation of a high-tension area, such as the hand, treatment is guided by initial control of bleeding, prevention of infection, physical assessment, obtaining a health history, allergies, current medications and tetanus immunization history. Primarily, a focused assessment for the presence or absence of tendon, vascular or nerve damage, taking wound measurements, exploring the mechanism of injury and the length of time since the initial injury is paramount. As might be…

indicates positive test. • Complete Blood Cell Count Blood tests present with lowered total white blood cell, platelet and neutrophil counts and a 20% or more increase in haematocrit values suggests haemoconcentration. Thus, monitoring should be done every 3-4 hours in cases of severe dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) or dengue shock syndrome (DSS). Thrombocytopenia is observed with platelet count of lesser than 100,000 cells/μL. Thus, monitoring…

Gaucher disease is a genetic disorder in which glucocerebroside (a sphingolipid, also known as glucosylceramide) accumulates in cells and certain organs. Sphingolipids constitute a diverse array of lipids in which fatty acids are linked through amide bonds to a long-chain base, structurally they form the building blocks of eukaryotic membranes. Gaucher disease occurs when a enzyme is deficient. When the enzyme is defective, glucocerebroside accumulates, particularly in white blood cells and…

well it's also known as ALL. ALL is a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow. The bone marrow makes white blood cells which are WBC, red blood cells are RBC, and platelets. The white blood cells or the WBC helps it fight against the infection. The RBC carries out oxygen throughout the whole body. The platelets helps with the blood clots. ALL causes the child's body to make too much of the immature or young white blood cells. Theses cells are cancer cells and with that the cells…

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…

the major functions of the spleen, it also helps clean out the bloodstream as well as protects the immune system by removing old and unhealthy red blood cells (Wein , 2016). Only during the embryonic stage does the spleen produce red blood cell, platelets and granulocytes but it produces lymphoid cells throughout its entire life. Few lymphocytes, mostly T-cells, comprise the majority of the cells in the spleen (Krause, 2008). Oxygenated blood…

Katherine Campbell, the mother of a newborn son, never imagined that her sex drive would vanish at age 27. She talks about how she felt that a switch in her head went off where she used to want sex and suddenly, she didn't anymore. At first, she believed it was normal, but after a few months, she took to the Internet to find how prevalent this problem becomes among women. Many were saying that she had to stay patient, so she waited six months, but she still did not feel like anything had changed…

Health History: Patient is a 36 year old female of Caucasian decent. Past medical history, of depression, Bi-polar affective disorder, spinal epidural abscess, paraplegia, anemia associated with acute blood loss, Hepatitis C, poly substance abuse, kidney infection, panic attacks, ectopic pregnancy, staphylococcus infection, protein malnutrition, neurogenic bowel, and neurogenic bladder. Current medical history, patient is a 36 year old female was admitted to Memorial Regional Hospital,…

CrossMatch is performed before the administration of blood or blood products. Cross Matching is used to make sure that the specific donor blood that will be used during transfusion does not react with the patient's blood.The purpose of cross matching is to discover the existence of antibodies in the recipient against the red blood cells of the donor. The antibodies attach themselves to the red blood cells of the person donating, after transfusion. When doing a cross match there can be a few…