Reference values Flashcards
Red blood cell count (RBC)
Female: 3.8–5.2 T/l
Male: 4.4–5.5 T/l
Hemoglobin (HGB)
Female: 120–165 g/l
Male: 135–170 g/l
Hematocrit (PCV)
Female: 0.37–0.47 l/l
Male: 0.40–0.54 l/l
Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)
80–95 fl
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH)
28–33 pg
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC)
320–360 g/l
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR, Westergren)
<20 mm/h
Reticulocyte count (relative to RBC)
0.5–2.0 %
Platelet count (PLT)
150–400 G/l
White blood cell count (WBC)
4–10 G/l
Differential blood count
- Neutrophil, juvenile (metamyelocyte) 0–1 %
- Neutrophil, band 3–5 %
- Neutrophil, segment 50–70 %
- Eosinophil 2–4 %
- Basophil 0–1 %
- Monocyte 2–6 %
- Lymphocyte 20–40 %
Hemostasis parameters
- Bleeding time
- Prothrombin time (PT, INR)
- aPTT (activated partial thromboplastin time)
- Thrombin time
- Fibrinogen
Inorganiccomponentsinserum/plasma
1) Sodium
2) Potassium
3) Calcium
4) Chloride
5) Iron
6) TIBC (total iron binding capacity)
Metabolitesinserum/plasma
1) Bilirubin total and direct reacting
2) Glucose (fasting)
3) Uric acid
4) Carbamid
5) Creatinin
6) Cholesterol (total)
7) HDL cholesterol
8) Triglycerides
Proteinsinserum/plasma
- Total protein
- Albumin
- A/G (albumin/globulin quotient)
- CRP (Creactive protein)
Enzyme activities in serum/plasma
depends a lot on measurement method!
- Alpha-amilase
- ALAT (alaninaminotransferase, GPT)
- ASAT (aspartateaminotransferase, GOT)
- ALP (alkaline phosphatase)
- CK (creatinkinase)
- GGT (gammaglutamyltranspeptidase)
- LDH (lactatedehydrogenase)
Acid-baseparametersandbloodgases
arterializedcapillaryblood
- pH
- pCO2
- Standard bicarbonate (st HCO–3)
- BE (base excess)
- pO2
- O2 Sat
Renalfunctionandurinalysis
- Creatinine clearance (for 1.73 m2 body surface)
- Urine volume
- pH
- “Specific gravity” (density)
- Osmolar concentration
- Urinary sediment (per field)
ECG
1) Usual chart speed
2) AV conduction time (PR interval)
3) Width of the QRS complex
4) Pathological Q wave
SI prefixes
- P peta 10^15
- T tera 10^12
- G giga 10^9
- M mega 10^6
- k kilo 10^3
- m milli 10^–3
- µ micro 10^–6
- n nano 10^–9
- p pico 10^–12
- f femto 10^–15
Bleeding time
4-6 min
Prothrombin time (PT, INR)
0.8–1.2
aPTT (activated partial thromboplastin time)
35-45 s
Thrombin time
20-22 s
Fibrinogen
1.5–4.0 g/l
Plasma sodium
135–145 mmol/l