POM F7 RBC HEMATOCRIT MALE = 0.41 0.53 FEMALE = 0.36 0.

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PLATELETS Smallest part of solid components From MEGAKARYOCYTES 140K To 350K/mm3

in ratio of solid portion and liquid portion or plasma is and hematocrit is WBC 1. MONOCYTES Precursor of macrophages FREE circulates in the blood FIXED in RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SUSTEM Organs that sequester bacteria 1. 2. 3. PLASMA PROTEINS 8% Found in plasma Spleen Alveolar macrophages Kupfer cells of liver

FIBRINOGEN Used in formation of blood clots SERUM o o Plasma devoid of fibrinogen Clear liquid

ANEMIA Lack of RBC May be due to 1. 2. Decrease in number of RBC or RBC mass Decrease in size

HEMOGLOBIN lab results 1. 2. 12 16g/100ml females 13 17g/100ml males

TYPES OF PLASMA PROTEINS 1. ALBUMIN Most numerous, about 60 80% Sucks in water (ONCOTIC PRESSURE) Made in the liver

CHIEF COMPLAINT 1. 2. Dizziness Body malaise Easy fatigability Dyspnea a. b. Imbalance in circulation and perfusion There is enough air but not enough Hgb

People who suffer from Alcoholic Cirrhosis have Ascitis i. Liver fails to produce albumin, decreasing oncotic pressure 3. 4.

2.

GLOBULIN Alpha, beta and gamma globulin Transport of proteins and fats (alpha and beta production) Gamma involved in immune system

HPI (HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS) 1. BLOOD LOSS ANEMIA MAY BE CAUSED BY

i. ii. iii.

Decreased production Increased destruction Hemorrhage

CAUSES OF BLOOD LOSS i. ii. MENSTRUAL GI BLOOD LOSS 1. Ulcer(bleeding); infectious diarrhea; bleeding hemorrhoids

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