ch. 21 in class notes Flashcards
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fluid medium, vital transport functions, electrolytes, metabolic wastes
plasma
RBC, WBC (granulocytes/agranulocytes), platelets
formed elements
plasms % water
90-91
plasma protein percent
6.5-8
plasma solute percent
2
transport medium
heat distribution
pH and electrolyte balance
plasma proteins differentiate from interstitial fluid
plasma function
loss of plasma proteins cause
sepsis
loss of blood cause
shock
loss of albumin takes water into intersitium with it causes distortion of blood binding when 30% of blood is lost
wbc make up what percent of blood
less than 1
plasma proteins with the functions:
osmotic pressure
carrier function
albumin
plasma proteins with the functions:
alpha and beta transport
antibody immunity
globulins
plasma protein function:
clot formation precursor
fibrinogen
why is this patient edematous:
58 year old male with alcoholic cirrhosis
presents with-
ascites
peripheral edema
labs show
serum albumin 2.1 g/dL (low)
leaking into plasma causing swelling into body. low albumin collapsed the oncotic pressure. leaves vessels and accumulates
serum does not have
fibrinogen
has fibrinogen
plasma
in healing burns. healing level is based on this. may prefer to give this and not transfusion to help heal burns helps heal faster
albumin levels
make up what percent. globulins. alpha beta gamma
38%
beta globulins (they are antibodies) are responsible for
transporting iron and copper
why we measure albumin in ICU
potential of shock in pts. also avoiding based on: give diuretics or paracentesis or give albumin infusion that affect albumin
the only true cells int eh blood
white blood cells
plasma-fibrinogen
serum
bioconcave
anucleate
120 day lifespan
contain hemoglobin for o2/co2 exchange
deformable to fit capillaries
not small enough to go through glomeruli unless pathology can leak
rbcs
diameter of rbc
8 microns