Blood 2 Flashcards
Global white cell deficiency called?
leukopenia
not enough platelets?
thrombocytopenia
not enough neutrophils or lymphocytes?
neutropenia
lymphopenia
not enough red cells?
anaemia
too much platlets?
thrombocytosis
what does dyserythropoiesis?
red cells not functioning properly
too much white cells?
leukocytosis
what do measure to judge Anaemia?
Hb rather than RBC count
level is age and gender matched
too much white cells?
leukocytosis
what is the tissue O2 delivery equation we must know?
COx Hb x %Satn x 1.34
3 things you use to resuscitate O2 delivery problems?
- Blood
- Inotropes
- Oxygen
Cardiac output compensation in anemia depends on?
time
slower onset = better compensation
6 signs of anaemia
- pale
- lethargic
- failure to thrive
- hypoxic
- ischaemic
- tachycardic
3 causes of anaemia?
- failure in production
- more destruction
- inappropriate production
what is a hypochromic red cell?
low Hb
what is polychromasia?
RBC contains RNA: pushed out of the bone marrow too early
2 levels of anaemia classification?
- Regen/Aregen
2. Mirco, normo, macrocytic
what are 2 signs of the blood of increased production?
- reticulocytes
2. polychromasia