Battaglia/Steele Flashcards
3 types of monitoring in E/CC setting
hands-on, clinicopathologic, device-based
PE includes
inspection, palpation, auscultation, percussion, olfaction, temperature
abdominal palpation
1: cranial-dorsal
2: cranial-ventral
3: mid-dorsal
4: mid-ventral
5: caudal-dorsal
6: caudal-ventral
pulse pressure
systolic-diastolic
pulse deficit
heart isn’t able to pump enough blood
EX: DCM, a-fib, premature arrhythmias
bounding pulses
compensatory shock
weak/thready pulses
poor cardiac output, hypovolemia, tachycardia, arrhythmias
how to use a stethoscope
bell: light contact - low frequency
diaphragm: firm contact - high frequency
percussion
air: hollow
fluid:: dull/flat
maximum amount of blood to draw per week
5 - 7% blood volume (Casal & Bentz, 2018)
rate of glucose metabolism per hour when plasma remains in contact with rbcs
5-10% per hour
cause of lipemic samples
recent meal
panc
DM
hypothyroid
lipid disorders
cause of icteric samples
liver disease or hemolytic anemia
cause of hemolysis
poro sampling technique
IV hemolysis (hemolytic anemia)
MCV
mean corpuscular volume: volume of the average RBC
role of plasma proteins
transportation, coagulation, immune protection, oncotic pressure
interpret the following with high PCV
normal TS
low TS
high TS
-splenic contraction/breed normal
protein loss or decreased RBC production with splenic contraction and dehydration (AHDS)
dehydration
interpret the following with low PCV
normal TS
low TS
high TS
anemia from RBC destruction or dec production
blood loss or dilution
protein over production and anemia (bone marrow diseases, FIP)
interpret the following with normal PCV
low TS
high TS
decreased protein production or loss from GIT/Urinary
dehydration + anemia or increased globulin production (FiP/infectious dx)
perform a blood smear evaluation
low power scan: clumping at feathered edge
x40: monolayer: estimate WBC (1 field x 1600)
x100: platelet count (x 15000)
determine venous vs arterial stick
PCO2: venous»_space; arterial
PO2: venous «_space;arterial
PaO2
how well blood is oxygenating, how well lungs and pulmonary circulation are functioning