blood values

Question 1

immunocompromised
infection

Answer 1

decreased performance for therapy grade performance and check vitals and o2 demand in use

Question 2

<500 in white blood cells
lukochemia may need to withold therapy

Answer 2

therapy can be extreamely dangerous

Question 3

fever may be body way to deal with infection
symptom based approach

Answer 3

how appropr ot activity will be for safety and immobility vs deconditioning and getting them out of bed

Question 4

platelets help with -

hemostasis is

trend up - thrombocytosis: causes? caution:
trend down Thrombocytopenia - causes: caution:

decrease with:

Answer 4

trauma

from the moment bleeding to blood forming clot

more diff to clot - caution with mobilization and exercise

over clotting- thromboembolism clot caught

infection, deficiency, radiation, anemia

Question 5

hemoglobin - proteins carry o2 and returns carbon dioxide
when iron bound the heme becomes a flat shape , anemia blood loss , chemo, blood marrow suppression drugs
trend upward -polycythemia- heart disease, copd, chf, sever burns, dehydration, - present with presyncope, seizures, angina, dizziness, arrhythmia - symptom exasperation - low and high critical hemoglobin values, can lead to heart failure, death, vascular issues such as capilaries being clogged e-ex cycle cell disease

trend down- anemia - hemorrhage, poor nutrition, bone marrow stress, red bc distruction - renal disese, lupus, lymphoma, spinal lychome, sicle cell anemia - increased tachochradia, decrease may look pale

blood transfusions- ask nurse if therapy
should be held

hematocrit

Question 6

hematocrit
ration of red bc to total volume of blood
polycythemia - increased hematocrit - eclampsia
anemia - pregnancy, rheumatoid arthritis, hyper thyroidism, cerosis, -
trend upward - fever, bruise easily, general weakness
trend downward - angina, erythmias, dysneia
watch for cyrtical lab values, spontaneous blood clotting, cardia failure, death

Question 7

use a symptom based approach, use your intution, chief complaint, how they present ho they preform physically, compaired to lab values, when concerned take vitals to see vaules from machine