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blood disorder

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What is Anemia?   A reduction in red blood cells, erythrocytes or hemoglobin which causes a decrease carry capacity of the blood.  
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Most anemia's result from what?   Blood loss, inadequate/abnormal erythrocyte production, destruction of narmally formed RBC. All anemias share a common core of symptoms.  
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What are Signs and Symptoms of Anemia   orthostatic hypotension, oliguria heart murmur, rapid pulse, tachycardia, tachypnea, cool clammy skin, acidosis, HA, decrease bowel sounds, chest discomfort.  
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What is the hematopoietic system   Plasma, Pluriponent stem cell, erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets  
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What is the Lymphatic system   Thymus Gland, Spleen, Lymph Nodes and Lymph  
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Diagnostic test   CBC, PT/coumadin, Fibrinogen leve shows how much bleeding and how long it takes it to clott, APT, D-dimer, Factor assays, bone marrow aspiration, Schillings Test  
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wbc   4.0-10.0  
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hemoglobin   male-13.0-17.0 and female-12.0-15.0  
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hematacrit   male-39-51 and female-36-45  
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rbc   male-4.4-5.7 and female-4.0-5.3  
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platelets   100,000-350,000  
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rbc live in circulation   120 days  
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platelets live   7.5 days  
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bone marrow aspiration (BMA)   Invasive procedure, need consent signed, always check for allergies, pt will lay on back or side, distract pt to avoid them from focusing on the proc., limit activity for 30 min. after procedure, monitor puncture site for continual bleeding/infection  
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