Lab VALUES

Question 1

Whar are they for?

Answer 1

Screening
Diagnosis
Monitoring

Question 2

Factors Affecting lab Values

Answer 2

Gender
Age
Pregnancy
Food ingestion
Race

Question 3

of red cells per mL/blood

Answer 3

RBC

Question 4

O2 carrying protien

Answer 4

Hgb

Question 5

Packed volume of RBCs, % of total volume

Answer 5

Hct

Question 6

Cell size(nomocytic,macro and micro)

Answer 6

MCV(Mean Corpuscular Volume)

Question 7

Amount of Hgb per cell

Answer 7

MCH (mean corpuscukar hemoglobin)

Question 8

Hgb/hct per 100mL/RBCs

Answer 8

MCHC (mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration)

Question 9

Red cell distribution width

Answer 9

RDW

Question 10

of pkatelate per cc/blood

Answer 10

Platelet

Question 11

of white cells per mL/blood

Answer 11

WBC

Question 12

3.89 - 5.40 M/uL
Carry oxygen

Answer 12

Erythrocyte count (RBC)

Question 13

Congenital heart disease, Severe COPD, polycythemia vera, severe dehydration.

Answer 13

High in RBC count

Question 14

Anemia, hemoglobinopathy, cirrhosis, hemolytic anemia, hemorrhage, dietry deficiency,bone marrow failure, prosthetic valves, renal disease, normal pregnancy, RA, lymphoma, leaukemia, Hodgkins disease

Answer 14

Low in RBC

Question 15

12 - 16 g/dL normal count

Answer 15

Hemoglobin Hgb or Hb

Question 16

Erthrocytosis, congenital heart disease, severe COPD, polycythemia vera, severe dehydration

Answer 16

High Hgb

Question 17

Anemia, hemoglobinopathy, cirrhosis, hemolytic anemia, hemorrhage, dietry deficiency,bone marrow failure, prosthetic valves, renal disease, normal pregnancy, RA, lymphoma, leaukemia, Hodgkins disease

Answer 17

Low in Hgb or hemoglobin

Question 18

37.0 - 47.0%
Indirect measurement of RBC number and volume.

Answer 18

Hematocrit normal count range.

Question 19

<15% or >60%

Answer 19

Hematocrit critical values

Question 20

Erythocytosis, congenital heart disease, severe COPD, polycythemia vera, severe dehydration

Answer 20

High in Hematocrit hct

Question 21

Anemia, hemoglobinopathy, cirrhosis, hemolytic anemia, hemorrhage, dietry deficiency,bone marrow failure, prosthetic valves, renal disease, normal pregnancy, RA, lymphoma, leaukemia, Hodgkins disease

Answer 21

Low in Hematocrit Hct

Question 22

Decrease # of RBCs
Impaired RBC production
Blood loss
RBC destruction

Answer 22

Anemia

Question 23

150,000

Answer 23

Platelate counts (thrombocytes)

Question 24

Malignant disorders, polycythemia vera, post splenectomy syndroms, rheumatoid arthritis, iron deficiency anemia.

Answer 24

High thrombocytosis

Question 25

Risk of clotting

Answer 25

Counts >1million

Question 26

Counts >600,000 platelates count

Answer 26

Potential fir problems

Question 27

Hypersplenism, hemorrhage, immun3 thrombocytopenia, leukemia, thrombotic thrombocytopenia, graves disease, inherited disorders, DIC, pernicious anemia, hemolytic anemia, cancer chemotherapy, infection

Answer 27

Low thrombocytopenia

Question 28

Platelates counts below 50k

Answer 28

Significant bleeding

Question 29

3.6 to 10.8 K/uL

Answer 29

Total WBCs (leukocytes)

Question 30

High (Leukocytosis)

Answer 30

Infection Inflammation Tissue necrosis Sepsis Leukemic neoplasia Trauma Stress Dehydration Thyroid storm

Question 31

Low wbc (leukopenia)

Answer 31

Bone marrow failure Chemo Radiation therapy Overwhelming infections Autoimmune disease

Question 32

Neutrophils

Answer 32

50 to 70%

Question 33

Lymphocytes percentage in the blood

Answer 33

20 to 40%

Question 34

2 to 8% wbc in blood percentage

Answer 34

Monocytes

Question 35

Eosinophiles blood percentage

Answer 35

1 to 4 %

Question 36

0.5 to 1.0%

Answer 36

Basophils percentage in blood

Question 37

Abnormally large number of leukocytes

Answer 37

Leukocytosis > 10,000 cells /mL3

Question 38

Form of actual or relative leukocytosis due to increase in numbersbof lymphocytes

Answer 38

Lymphocytosis

Question 39

Increase the number of immature neutrophils (bands or stabs) found in the blood.

Answer 39

Left shift