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Electrolytes
100
High levels of these likely mean your patient has an infection.
What are WBC's.
100
Your patients HB is 140g/L. Do you call the doctor?
No this is within normal range.
100
120-160 g/L for women and 140-170 g/L for men.
What are hemoglobin reference values.
100
Persistent vomitting can cause this count to increase.
What is RBC.
100
Too much of this electrolyte can occur from dehydration, and normal range is 135-145.
What is Sodium.
200
Levels of less than 20% of this can lead to cardiac failure and death.
What is Hematocrit.
200
You're patient's estimated GFR is 55ml/min/1.73m, what do you do?
What is call the doctor, chronic kidney disease is defined by a GFR of less than 60.
200
(140- 450)x 10^9/L
What are platelet count reference values.
200
Physiologic variants such as high altitude, excessive fluid intake and pregnancy can affect these levels. (this also gives blood it's red colour).
What is Hemoglobin.
200
The "safe" range of this electrolyte is considered to be 3.5- 5.3.
What is Potassium.
300
These levels decrease in anemia, acute and chronic hemorrhage and chronic infection.
What are RBC levels?
300
Your patient is a body builder and eats lots of protein shakes and meat, their BUN is 8.2, normal 2.5-8, is this serious?
Likely not, BUN levels can increase from a high protein diet.
300
36-48% in women this is also known as the "packed cell volume"
What is hematocrit.
300
RBC's, Hematocrit and Hemoglobin can all be indicators of this condition.
What is anemia.
300
Respiratory acidosis and hyperventilation can be tied to an increase in these levels.
What is Chloride.
400
These levels increase in burn patients and those with COPD and polycythemia.
What is Hemoglobin.
400
(4.5-10.5) x 10^9 cells/L
What is WBC count normal range.
400
Anemia comes from an ancient greek word meaning:
What is lack of blood.
400
Normal chloride levels.
What are 98-106 (or 96-106 from AHS).
500
These levels indicate how well your patients kidney is functioning and should be between 50-115.
What is creatinine.
500
According to AHS this should be between 27-39 seconds.
What is PTT.
500
This count includes basophils, neutrophils and eosinophils.
What is a differential count.
500
All the electrolytes are measured in these units.
What are mmol/L