Normals Flashcards
Why is monitoring urine output important and what is the minimum acceptable output per hour?
Adequate output demonstrates that circulation and perfusion are sufficient enough to perfuse the kidneys
40 ml/hour
What is normal diagnostic chest percussion?
Resonant
What are normal breath sounds
Vesicular
What are normal heart sounds
S1 and S2
What is normal intracranial pressure (ICP)
5 to 10 mmHg
What is normal cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP)
70 to 90 mmHg
What is normal, exhale, carbon monoxide (FEco)
Less than 7 for non smokers
What is a normal red blood cell count (RBC)
4 to 6 mill/mm3
What is the normal hemoglobin (Hb)?
12 to 16 g per hundred milliliters of blood
What is the normal hematocrit (Hct)?
40 to 50%
What is normal white blood cells?
5000 to 10,000 per mm3
What is normal potassium (K+)?
3.5 to 4.5 mEq/L
What is normal sodium (Na+)
135 to 145 mEq/L
What is normal chloride (Cl-)?
90-100 mEq/L
What is normal creatinine
0.7-1.3 mg/dL
What is normal blood urea nitrogen (BUN)?
8-25 mg/dL
 normal clothing time
Less than six minutes
What is the normal platelet count?
150,000 to 400,000 thousand/mm3
What is the normal activated partial thromboplastin time and what for (APPT)
24 to 32 seconds
Monitoring heparin therapy
What is normal prothrombin time? (PT)
12 to 16 seconds
What is normal troponin
<0.1 ng/ml
What is normal brain natfiuretic peptide
<100 pg/ml
What is normal Apgar score?
7-10
Normal temperature for an infant
36.5
What is normal heart rate for an infant
110-160
What is normal normal respiratory rate for an infant
30-60
What is the normal Dubowitz score
40
What is normal birthweight for an infant?
3000 g
What is normal blood glucose for an infant?
> 30 mg/dl
What is normal L/S ratio for an infant
2:1 or higher
What is normal mean arterial pressure
93 to 94 mm Hg
What is normal right atrial pressure or central venous pressure (CVP)?
2 to 6 mm Hg
4-12 cm H20
What is normal right ventricle pressure
25/0 mm Hg
What is normal and mean pulmonary artery pressure (PAP)?
25/8 mm Hg
Mean 13-14 mm Hg
What is normal pulmonary capillary pressure
8-10 mm Hg
What is normal pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP)?
4-12 mm Hg
What is normal left atrial pressure?
2-6 mm Hg
What is normal cardiac output
4-8 L/min/m2
What is normal pulse pressure
40 mm Hg
What is normal systemic vascular resistance (SVR)?
<20 mm Hg/L/min
Or
1600 dynes
What is normal pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR)?
<2.5 mm Hg/L/min
Or
200 dynes
What is normal cuff pressure in millimeters and centimeters?
20-25 mmHg
25-35 cm H2O
What are normal laryngoscope blade sizes?
Adult 3
Pediatric 2
Infant 1
Preterm infant 0
What are normal endotracheal tube sizes?
Adult male 8-8.5
Adult female 7-7.5
Term infant 3-3.5
Pre term infant 2.5-3.0
Where should an endotracheal and nasal tracheal to be placed correctly?
Endotracheal tube equals 21 to 25 cm
Nasal tracheal tube equals 26 to 29 cm
What is normal capnography readings in torr and in percentage
30 torr
3-5%
What is normal pulse oximetry
93-97%
What is normal carboxy hemoglobin?
Less than 1%
What is normal CaO2 (total amount of oxygen dissolved in the blood and bound to hemoglobin)
17-20 vol%
What is the normal oxygen content of mixed venous blood, or CvO2?
12-16 vol%
What is the normal arteriovenous oxygen content difference, or C(a-v)O2
4-5 vol%
Qs/Qt stands for the pulmonary shunt fraction. It represents the fraction of cardiac output (Qt) that is shunted past the lungs without undergoing oxygenation. What is the normal percentage?
Qs-shunted blood
Qt-total cardiac output
3-5%
What does SaO2 stand for and what is the normal?
stands for arterial oxygen saturation. It represents the percentage of hemoglobin in arterial blood that is saturated with oxygen.
95-100%
What is the significance of the oxygen index, or Oi and what is the normal value?
The oxygen index (OI) is a measure used in critical care medicine to assess the severity of respiratory failure, particularly in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or those on mechanical ventilation
<10
What is the significance of Vd/Vt and what is the normal percentage range?
It is the dead space to tidal volume ratio?
20-40%
What is the normal blood gas measurements
B.E., HCO3, pH, PaO2, & PCO2
-2 to 2
22-26
7.40 (7.35 - 7.45)
96 torr (80-100 torr)
40 torr (35-45 torr)
In a newborn arterial blood, what are the normals for the following (PaCO2, PaO2, and pH)?
<50 torr
>60 torr
pH >7.30
What is the normal volume of a calibration syringe?
Plus or -3.5% of 3 L
What is normal maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP)
80 cm H2O
What is normal maximum expiratory pressure (MEP)
 double MIP or 160 cm H2O
What is normal vital capacity (VC) for an adult?
4800 ml or 80% of predicted
What is normal FEV1
4000 ml or 80% of predicted
What is normal FEV1/FVC
83%
What is normal FEF 200-1200
6 L/ second or 80% of predicted or higher
What is FEF 25-75%
4.7 L/sec or 80% of predicted or higher
What is normal peak expiratory flowrate (PEFR)
10 L/sec or 80% of predicted or higher
What is normal airway resistance
0.6 - 2.4 cm H2O/L/sec
What is normal DLco, or carbon monoxide diffusion capacity and what does decreased diffusion occur with
25 ml CO/min/mm Hg (STPD)
Pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis, ARDS, pulmonary edema, emphysema
What is the normal tidal volume?
5-8 mL/kg
What is the normal vital capacity in ml/kg?
65-75 mL/kg or 10 x Vt
What is a normal respiratory rate?
12 to 20 breaths per minute
What is the normal minute ventilation (Ve)?
5-6 L/min
What is normal static lung compliance
60-100 mL/cm H20
What is the normal range for mean airway pressure?
5-10 cm H2O
What is normal anatomic dead space
1 mL/lb of ideal body weight
What is the normal work of breathing (WOB)?
0.5 +/- 0.2 J/L
What does 1 Hz represent?
60 cycles per minute or one cycle per second
