Nurse's Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests 4th by Bonita Morrow Cavanaugh

By Bonita Morrow Cavanaugh

Masking 25 different types of assessments, this consultant offers info to reinforce sufferer care making plans and implementation. for every kind of try, info is equipped on anatomic, physiological, and pathophysiological understandings of methods; reference values, together with adaptations relating to age

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Hillman and Finch, op cit, pp 10–11. 30. Ibid, pp 87, 110. 31. Fischbach, op cit, p 82. 32. Sacher and McPherson, op cit, pp 99–100. 33. Ibid, pp 67–68. 34. Boggs, DR, and Winkelstein, A: White Cell Manual, ed 4. FA Davis, Philadelphia, 1983, p 1. 35. Hole, op cit, pp 625–627. 36. Boggs and Winkelstein, op cit, pp 63–65. 37. Sacher and McPherson, op cit, pp 70–71. A. Davis Company CHAPTER Hemostasis and Tests of Hemostatic Functions TESTS COVERED Platelet Count, 42 Bleeding Time, 44 Platelet Aggregation Test, 46 Clot Retraction Test, 47 Rumple-Leeds Capillary Fragility Test (Tourniquet Test), 48 Prothrombin Time, 49 Partial Thromboplastin Time/Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time, 51 Whole Blood Clotting Time (Coagulation Time, Lee-White Coagulation Time), 52 Thrombin Clotting Time, 53 Prothrombin Consumption Time, 54 Factor Assays, 55 Plasma Fibrinogen, 57 Fibrin Split Products, 58 Euglobulin Lysis Time, 58 INTRODUCTION Hemostasis is the collective term for all the mechanisms the body uses to protect itself from blood loss.

47 Adults and Tests of Hematopoietic Function 21 INTERFERING FACTORS Abnormalities in RBC size and extremely elevated WBC counts may alter Hct values. Elevated blood glucose and sodium may produce elevated Hct values because of swelling of the erythrocyte. Factors that alter the RBC count such as hemodilution and dehydration also influence the Hct. , an “H and H”), to monitor blood loss and response to blood replacement Along with an Hgb, to evaluate known or suspected anemia and related treatment Along with an Hgb, to monitor hematologic status during pregnancy Monitoring responses to fluid imbalances or to therapy for fluid imbalances: A decreased Hct may indicate hemodilution.

Sacher and McPherson, op cit, p 46. 25. Hillman and Finch, op cit, p 43. 26. Hole, JW: Human Anatomy and Physiology, ed 4. Wm C Brown, Dubuque, Iowa, p 603. 27. Hillman and Finch, op cit, p 43. 28. Sacher and McPherson, op cit, p 44. 29. Hillman and Finch, op cit, pp 10–11. 30. Ibid, pp 87, 110. 31. Fischbach, op cit, p 82. 32. Sacher and McPherson, op cit, pp 99–100. 33. Ibid, pp 67–68. 34. Boggs, DR, and Winkelstein, A: White Cell Manual, ed 4. FA Davis, Philadelphia, 1983, p 1. 35. Hole, op cit, pp 625–627.

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