Blood Flashcards
Blood functions
Balance (Acid-Base), Bleeding prec
Let’s go Hormones
Oxygen
CO2
Defense mechanism
Process of blood cell formation (RBC, WBC, Platelet)
Hematopoiesis
Myeloid stem cell
Rbc
Wbc
Platelet
Lymphoid stem cell
T cell
B cell
Myeloid priority
Infection
Bleeding
Anemia
Lymphoid priority
Infection
Normal RBC
Male 4.5-6.2 million/UL
Female 4.0-5.5 million/UL
General 4.0-6.2 million/UL
Low RBC dses. (Hypoproliferative)
IDA
Megaloblastic
Pernicious
Aplastic
Secondary to renal d/o
Low RBC dses. (Hemolytic)
Sickle cell anemia
High RBC dse
Polycythemia vera
Normal WBC
4500-11k/ cu.mm
High WBC dse
Leukemia
Multiple Myeloma
Clinical implication: high and low WBC
Infection, Ineffective protection
Normal Platelet
150k-400k/ cu.mm
Clinical implication for platelet
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Hemophilia
Plasma dissolved substances
Clotting factors
Immunoglobulins
Give:
Cryoprecipitate
Fresh frozen plasma
Removal/separation of antibodies?
Indication?
Complication?
Plasmaparesis
Indicated: autoimmune disorder
Complication:
Lightheadedness
Decreased O2
(D/t separation of diff component of blood)
CD4
Helper cells
CD8
Prevents cancer
Cytotoxic
HIV/AIDS CD4 & CD8 amt?
CD4 low
CD8 high
Filters microorganisms, graveyard for dead RBC
Spleen
Maturation site of LYMPHocytes
Lymph nodes
Kupffer cells (phagocytic cells)
Produces Iron (hgb synthesis)
Collects dead RBC
Liver
ALVEOLAR Macrophages
Lungs