HAEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY ACNPC-AG BOARDS TEST

HAEMATOLOGY / ONCOLOGY / IMMUNOLOGY
ACNPC-AG BOARDS TEST



normal hgb
Men: 14-18
Women: 12-16

normal hct
Men-42%-52%
Women-37%-47%
-Increases with Hypovolemia and dehydration
-decreases with hemorrhage

normal TIBC
total iron binding capacity
250-450

normal serum iron
50-150

normal MCV
mean corpuscular volume (cell size)
80-100

MCV in microcytic anemia
less than 80

MCV in normocytic anemia
80-100

MCV in macrocytic anemia
greater than 100

, normal MCH
mean corpuscular hemoglobin
26-34

normal MCHC
mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (cell color)
32-36% = normochromic

hypochromic anemia
<32%

normochromic anemia
32%-36%

hyperchromic anemia
>36%

differential dx for low MCV
microcytic anemia
-iron deficiency
-thalacemia

differential dx for high MCV
macrocytic anemia
-B12 of folate deficiency
-alcoholism
-live failure
-drug effects

differential dx for normocytic anemia
-anemia of chronic disease
-sickle cell disease
-renal failure
-blood loss