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    The document provides information on normal ranges and possible causes of abnormal findings for several blood components. It includes components like red blood cell count, hemoglobin, hematocrit, red blood cell indices, white blood cell count, platelet count, and blood gas measurements. For each component, it lists the normal findings for men and women as well as potential causes for increased or decreased levels.

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    LABORATORY INTERPRETATIONS

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    The document provides information on normal ranges and possible causes of abnormal findings for several blood components. It includes components like red blood cell count, hemoglobin, hematocrit, red blood cell indices, white blood cell count, platelet count, and blood gas measurements. For each component, it lists the normal findings for men and women as well as potential causes for increased or decreased levels.

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    COMPONENT NORMAL FINDINGS (ADULT) POSSIBLE CAUSES OF ABNORMAL FINDINDS

    INCREASED DECREASED
    Blood loss
    RED BLOOD CELL (RBC) Men: 4.6–6.0 Dehydration Anemias
    COUNT The number of million/mm3 Polycythemia vera Overhydration
    RBCs per cubic millimeter Women: 4.0–5.0 High altitude Leukemias
    (mm3). million/mm3 Cardiovascular disease Chronic renal failure Pregnancy

    HEMOGLOBIN (HGB) Polycythemia


    Composed of a pigment Dehydration
    (heme), which contains Chronic obstructive Blood loss
    iron, and a protein Men: 13.5–18 g/dL pulmonary disease Anemias
    (globin). Women: 12–15 g/dL Heart failure Kidney diseases Cancer
    HEMATOCRIT (HCT) The
    hematocrit or packed cell
    volume (Hct, PCV, or crit) is a
    fast way to determine the
    percentage of RBCs in the
    plasma. The Hct is reported as a
    percentage because it is the Dehydration Acute blood loss Pregnancy
    concentration of RBCs in the Men: 40–54% (0.40-0.54) Burns Dietary deficiencies
    blood. Women: 36–46%(0.36-0.46) Hypovolemia Anemias
    RBC INDICES
    Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) Microcytic iron deficiency
    The mean or average size of the Men: 80–98 μm3 Chronic liver disease anemia
    individual RBC. Women: 78–102 μm3 Pernicious anemia Lead poisoning
    Mean corpuscular
    hemoglobin (MCH)
    Amount of Hgb present in Macrocytic
    one cell. 25–35 anemias Radiation
    Mean corpuscular
    hemoglobin concentration
    (MCHC) Microcytic,
    The proportion of each cell hypochromic
    occupied by Hgb. 31–37% Rarely seen anemia
    WHITE BLOOD CELL
    (WBC) COUNT Acute infections Viral infections
    Count of the total number Tissue necrosis (e.g., Hematopoietic
    of WBCs in a cubic myocardial infarction) diseases
    millimeter of blood. 4,500–11,000/mm3 Collagen diseases Rheumatoid arthritis

    DIFFERENTIAL COUNT
    The proportion of each of the five types
    of WBCs in a sample of 100 WBCs.

    Viral diseases
    Leukemias
    Neutrophils 50–70% Acute infections Aplastic and iron
    Viral infection Cancers
    Chronic infections Leukemia
    Lymphocytic Multiple sclerosis
    Lymphocytes 25–35% leukemia Renal failure
    Viral diseases
    Parasitic diseases
    Collagen diseases Lymphocytic leukemia
    Monocytes 4–6% Cancer Aplastic anemia
    Allergic reactions
    Phlebitis
    Thrombophlebitis Stress (burns, shock)
    Eosinophils 1–3% Parasitic infestations Adrenocortical hyperfunction
    Hypersensitivity reaction
    Basophils 0.4–1.0% Leukemia Inflammatory process Stress Pregnancy
    Idiopathic (unknown
    cause)
    thrombocytopenic
    PLATELET COUNT Platelets Infections purpura
    are basic elements in the Polycythemia Cancer Systemic lupus
    blood that promote 150,000– vera Acute blood erythematosus (SLE)
    coagulation. 400,000/mm3 loss Splenectomy Some types of anemias

    pH cO2 HCO3

    low acidosis low acidosis metabolic acidosis


    high alka high- alka metabolic alkalosis
    respiratory
    high -alkalosis low alkalosis
    respiratory
    low high acidosis

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