Blood (Heamatology)

Question 1

Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)

Answer 1

30-40s

Question 2

Bleeding time (Ivy)

Answer 2

2-8 min

Question 3

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR):
Adult women
Adult Men

Answer 3

3-15 mm/h

1-10 mm/h

Question 4

Fibrinogen

Answer 4

1.5-4.0 g/l

Question 5

Folate (serum)

Answer 5

4-18 mcg/l (ug/l)

Question 6

Haemoglobin:
Women
Men

Answer 6

115-165 g/l (11.5-16.5 g/dl)

130-180 g/l (13-18 g/dl)

Question 7

Haptoglobins

Answer 7

0.3 - 2.0 g/l

Question 8

Mean cell haemoglobin (MCH)

Answer 8

27-32 pg

Question 9

Mean call Haemoglobin concentration (MCHC)

Answer 9

30-35 g/dl

Question 10

Mean cell volume (MCV)

Answer 10

78-95fl

Question 11

Packed cell volume (PCV or haematocrit):
Women
Men

Answer 11

0. 35-0.47 (35-47%)

0. 40-0.54 (40-54%)

Question 12

Platelets (thrombocytes)

Answer 12

200-350 x10^9/l

Question 13

Prothrombin time

Answer 13

12-16 s

Question 14

Red cells (erythrocytes):
Women
Men

Answer 14

3. 8-5.0 x10^12/l

4. 5-6.5 x10^12/l

Question 15

Reticulocytes (newly formed red cells in adults)

Answer 15

25-85 x10^9/l

Question 16

White cells total (leucocytes)

Answer 16

4.0 - 11.0 x10^9/l

Question 17

PO2

Answer 17

12-15kPa

or 90-110 mmHg

Question 18

PCO2

Answer 18

4.5-6.0kPa

or 34-46 mmHg

Question 19

Bicarbonate

Answer 19

21-27.5 mmol/L (or mEg/L)

Question 20

H+ ions

Answer 20

36-44 nmol/L

or 7.35-7.45 pH units

Question 21

Blood pressure (adult)

Answer 21

Normal 120/80

High >140/90

Question 22

Leukocytes

Answer 22

4-11 x 10^9/L

Question 23

Neutrophils

Answer 23

2.5-7.5 x10^9/L

Question 24

Eosinophils

Answer 24

0.04-0.44 x 10^9/L

Question 25

Basophils

Answer 25

0.015-0.1 x 10^9/L

Question 26

Monocytes

Answer 26

0.2-0.8 x 10^9/L

Question 27

Lymphocytes

Answer 27

1.5-3.5 x 10^9/L