The average life of a normal RBC after being released by the bone marrow into the vascular space is ___ days.
What is 120
100
Counts should be taken over the ___, ____, and ____.
What is heart, lung and spleen
100
What is the first step to this exam?
What is draw approx 12-15ml of blood from patient
100
This study is usually done in conjunction with
What is Red Cell Mass determinations
100
What is the half life of I125 RISA?
What is 60 days
200
_____ ______ occurs if the RBC production does not keep up with RBC destruction.
What is Hemolytic anemia
200
The counts should be recorded on __-__ graph paper.
What is semi-log
200
The blood from the patient is then added to a tube containing 2ml of ACD which is an
What is anti-coagulant
200
What is the first step to the exam? (hint:what do you inject into the patient)
What is 5uCi of RISA I-125
200
I125 decays by ___ ____.
What is electron capture
300
RBCs are removed by the ____ and ____.
What is liver and spleen
300
Also plot RBC cc/min/mL vs ____ or day
What is time
300
Add ___ uCi of Cr-51 sodium chromate to tube
What is 50
300
T/F you should withdraw a sample of 5-10ml sample of blood 15-30mins after injection from the same arm.
What is F
300
What is the keV of I125 RISA?
What is 35
400
A normal individual exhibits a RBC T 1/2 of about __-__ days.
What is 25 to 35
400
What is the purpose of this exam?
What is to determine the rate of disappearance of the tagged RBCs
400
What is the energy of Cr51
What is 320kev
400
T/F it is a good idea to withdraw a RCM sample to be tagged before injecting RISA and reinject tagged RBC after 30-min RISA sample is withdrawn from patient
What is T
400
T/F Chuck Norris is the reason why waldo is hiding?
What is T
500
Name either the radiotracer that is used for this exam or how much the dose is
What is 100uCi of Cr51
500
Who performs the Red Cell Survival exams at KU?
What is Greg!!
500
What is the half life of Cr51? (hint:its in days :)
What is 28 days
500
A ___ sample is used as a standard in the calculations
What is BKG
500
What do guard llamas tell their sheep around the campfire at night?