Rbc maturation - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

  length of needle usually used in routine phlebotomy - Answer: 1.0 - 1.5 inches most preferred site of puncture (vein) - Answer: median cubital what is the angle of needle for extraction? - Answer: 15 degrees gauge number usually used for phlebotomy - Answer: 19,20,21 gauge in tuberculin syringe - Answer: 25 gauge of needles used in bleeding of donors in blood collection centers - Answer: 16 size of the drop of blood used in smear preparation - Answer: 2-3 mm meas...

acanthocyte correct answer: "thorn cells"/spur cells - small spherical cells with thornlike projections - have no central pallor; have membranes with free cholesterol accumulating preferentially in outer bilayer, leading to decreased fluidity anemia correct answer: insufficient number of RBCs, characterized by inadequate tissue oxygenation ankyrin correct answer: large protein serving as high-affinity binding site for attachment of spectrin to inner membrane surface - binds to spec...

TEST BANK FOR Medical Laboratory Science Review 4TH Edition By ROBERT R. HARR / COMPLETE ALL CHAPTERS (VERIFIED ) Calculate the mean cell hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) using the following values: Hgb: 15 g/dL (150 g/L) Hct: 47 mL/dL (0.47) RBC: 4.50 ×106/μL (4.50 ×1012/L) A.9.5% (.095) B.10.4% (.104) C.31.9% (.319) D.33.3% (.333) Hematology/Calculate/RBC indices/2 7. A manual white blood cell (WBC) count was performed. A total of 36 cells were counted in all 9-mm2 squares of a Ne...

Exam 1 (NURS 324) | Answered with complete solutions Your patient presents with tachycardia, exertional dyspnea, fatigue, bounding pulses, and postural dizziness. What is your diagnosis? Anemia Define anemia a deficiency in the blood's ability to carry oxygen What are the causes of anemia? erythrocyte loss (bleeding), decreased erythrocyte production, or hemolysis Your patient presents with mouth sores, joint pain, renal damage, pleuritis, and photosensitivity rash. What is your diagnosis? L...

Med Surg CH.31, Nursing Management: Hematologic Problems- Anemia and other Red Blood Disorders TEST WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS An older patient relates that he or she has increased fatigue and a headache. The nurse identifies pale skin and glossitis on assessment. In response to these findings, which teaching will be helpful to the patient if he or she has microcytic, hypochromic anemia? 1. Take enteric-coated iron with each meal. 2. Take cobalamin with green leafy vegetables. 3. Take the i...

WGU D115 patho unit 5 Latest Update (2023|24) QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Graded A+ Processes of platelet activation - correct answer Adhesion, activation, aggregation function of platelets - correct answer blood clotting Function of Erythrocytes (RBCs) - correct answer Transport gases (O2 and CO2) Transport electrolytes Regulate diffusion across cell membrane function of leukocytes (WBC) - correct answer defense and immunity Types of Leukocytes (WBCs) - correct answer Granulocytes: -Neutrophi...

CSMLS Important equations, Safety & Quality questions and answers well illustrated. Corrected reticulocyte count - correct answers.% retics x HCT / 45 Corrected WBC count - correct answers.WBC x 100 / NRBCs + 100 Manual RBC or WBC count on a hemacytometer - correct ge x dilution factor / 0.4 / 1000 *four squares counted Mean Cell Volume (MCV) - correct answers.HCT / RBC count 80-100 fL Mean Cell Hemoglobin (MCH) - correct answers.HGB / RBC count 26-...

Insufficient centrifugation will result in: a. a false increase in haematocrit (Hct) value b. a false decrease in Hct value c. No effect on Hct value d. all of these options, dependent on the patient - a. insufficient centrifugation does not pack down the red blood cells; therefore, the Hct, which is the volume of packed cells, will increase variation in red cell size observed on the peripheral smear is described as: a. anisocytosis b. hypochromia c. poikilocytosis d. pleocytosis - a. a mature ...

Hematology ASCP Exam Questions And Answers Bone marrow and Peripheral blood - ANS Growth factors that stimulate cell line maturation are: Locations of active marrow in adults - ANS Flat bones What conditions are associated with increased storage of iron - ANS Hemosiderosis Hemochromatosis Transferrin - ANS iron transport protein Iron storage forms: - ANS ferritin and hemosiderin Porphyrias - ANS diseases that result from deficiencies of any of several...

ASCP MLS Calculations Questions and Answers Hemacytometer (Answer: - # cells/mm^3 = # cells counted x depth x dilution factor / total area covered Henderson-Hasselbalch equation (Answer: - pH = pKa + log[A-]/[HA] INR (Answer: - patient's PT value / laboratory's mean PT value Kleihauer-Betke Acid Elution Test (Answer: - % fetal cells = (# fetal cells counted / 1000 adult cells counted) x 100 Vials of RhIG (Answer: - (% fetal cells x 50)/ 30 Osmolality (Answer: - 1.86 (Na+) + (gl...