Labs Chart Flashcards
Increased WBC
Infection Inflammation Medications Injury Cancer
Decreased WBC
Chemical toxicity
Chronic infection
Nutritional deficiency
Segmented neutrophil
Normal value
50-70%
Increased neutrophils
Bacterial infection
Physical stress
Inflammatory
Tissue necrosis
Decreased neutrophils
Overwhelming infections
Viral
Medications
Chemotherapy
Bands normal lab value
0-8%
Lymphocytes normal lab
20-40%
Lymphocytes increased in
Viral
Chronic bacterial
Leukemia
Lymphocytes decreased
AIDS
Steroids
Autoimmune
Malnutrition.
Monocytes normal lab
4-8%
Monocytes increased
Chronic inflammatory
TB
Syphilis
Eosinophil normal lab
0-4%
Increased eosinophils
Allergic reactions
Decreased eosinophils
Steroids
Basophils increase
Asthma
Hypothyroidism
Myeloid leukemia
Basophils normal lab
0-2%
RBC normal lab
Men 4.6-5.9
Women 4.2-5.4
Increased RBC
High altitude
Intense physical training
RBC decreased
Blood loss
Destruction
Nutritional deficiency
Bone marrow suppression
HGB normal lab values
Men 13-18
Women 12-16
HCT normal lab
Men 40-54 %
Women 38-47%
HCT increase
Dehydration
Plasma loss
Polycythemia Vera
HCT decrease
Over hydration
Anemia
MCV normal
82-98
MCH normal
27-33
Increased MCV and MCH
Macrocyclic anemia