LAICKA - CBC AND BABYGRAM Flashcards
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CBC
COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT
tells the general healthiness of a px (anemia, infection, or cancer)
WBC
WHITE BLOOD CELLS
5k-10k
5 types of WBC
BASOPHIL - allergy response
EOSINOPHIL - allergy and parasitic resp
MONOCYTE - foreign substance
NEUTROPHIL - bacterial
LYMPHOCYTE - viral
LOW WBC
LEUKOPENIA (caused by autoimmune, meds, illness, cancer, HIV/AIDS)
HIGH WBC
LEUKOCYTOSIS (infection, leukemia, stress, meds)
RBC
RED BLOOD CELLS (erythrocytes, red blood carpuscle)
LOW RBC
ANEMIA
HIGH RBC
POLYCYTHEMIA
PLT
PLATELETS
150K-400K
LOW PLATELET
THROMBOCYTOPENIA
risk for bleeding (bone marrow issue, chemo, viral infection)
HIGH PLATELET
THROMBOCYTOSIS
risk for clotting (leukemia, inflammation, disease, acute blood loss)
MPV
MEAN PLATELET VOLUME
7-10 fL ave size of platelet
allows evaluation of: skeletal system for fractures, bone age, or dysplasia, the chest for lung fields, heart
size/shape, diaphragm position, the abdomen for bowel gas pattern, organ size, signs of obstruction or perforation, and foreign
bodies or misplaced tubes/lines.
BABYGRAM