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Med Surg – The Hematologic System Study Guide & Nursing Review

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Med Surg – The Hematologic System study material provides focused review of essential medical-surgical nursing concepts related to the hematologic system. Topics may include blood components, anemia, coagulation disorders, bleeding disorders, leukemia, lymphoma, transfusion therapy, laboratory values, assessment findings, medications, and nursing interventions. This resource is useful for nursing students reviewing hematologic conditions, reinforcing medical-surgical concepts, understanding patient care priorities, and preparing for related coursework, quizzes, and examinations.

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Med surg: Hematologic system

Anatomy of hematologic system
- Consists of the blood and the sites where blood is produced, including the bone
marrow and the reticuloendothelial system (RES)
- Plasma is the fluid portion blood; it contains various proteins, such such as
albumin, globulin, fibrinogen, and other factors necessary for clotting, as well as
electrolytes, waste products, and nutrients
- Albumin: helps in maintaining oncotic pressure and helps keep things within the
vasculature system


Blood
- The cellular component of blood consists of 3 primary cell types: Erythrocytes
(red blood cells), Leukocytes (white blood cells), and thrombocytes (platelets)
- These cellular components of blood normally take up about half of the blood
volume
- Because most blood cells have a short lifespan, the need for the body to
replenish its supply of cells is continuous; this process is termed: hematopoiesis.
- The primary site for hematopoiesis is the bone marrow, this is released when
we need it
- Hematopoiesis: the process of how we form the blood cells and they mature


Neutrophil
- Essential for preventing or limiting bacterial infection via phagocytosis
- In times of infection, the neutrophils will increase to back up the white blood
cells


WBC (leukocyte)
Fights infection


Monocyte




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- Macrophage
- Come in and clean up all the dead stuff; like the garbage truck of the infection
fighters


Eosinophil and basophil
Elevated in allergic and hypersensitivity reactions


Lymphocyte
- Big component in the immune system
- T and B lymphocyte


T lymphocyte
- Responsible for cell-mediated immunity; recognizes material as foreign
(surveillance system)
- Scan the environment to see if they need to take action to keep the immune
system functioning well, HIV attacks the ability to watch and respond to infection


B lymphocyte
- Responsible for humoral immunity; many mature into plasma cells to form
antibodies
- Helps with the immune response when we have future exposure


RBC (erythrocyte)
Carries hemoglobin to provide oxygen to tissues; average lifespan is 120 days


Platelet (thrombocyte)
For coagulation


Bone marrow
- Stem cells: myeloid or lymphoid




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- Lymphoid stem cells produce either T or B lymphocytes
- Myeloid stem cells differentiate into three broad cell types: erythrocytes,
leukocytes, and platelets
- The stroma of the bone marrow refers to all tissue within the marrow that is not
directly involved in hematopoiesis
- However, the stroma is important because it supports hematopoiesis
- Fibroblasts, osteoclasts, and osteoblasts are needed to maintain.remodel bone
growth
- The stroma helps make skeletal bone so it can maintain and support the bone
marrow to produce these cells
- Stem cell/hematopoiesis starts breaking down and forming into all of the
different components that are contained within our blood and the lymph system


Red blood cells
- Transports oxygen to the lung snd tissues
- Need to have iron and oxyhemoglobin
- Oxyhemoglobin: helps bind to hemoglobin and O2
- Erythropoietin: stimulates red blood cell production: need this from the kidney,
Stimulates the red bone marrow to start this process
- Erythropoiesis: term for erythrocyte production
- Iron is present in the heme component of the molecule
- An important property of heme is its ability to bind to oxygen
- Oxygen readily binds to hemoglobin in the lungs and is carried as
oxyhemoglobin in the blood


Erythropoiesis
- Erythropoietin, a hormone produced by the kidney, starts this process from the
myeloid stem cells to eventually mature into the erythrocyte (red blood cell)
- The entire process to make a red blood cells takes about 5 days
- For normal erythrocyte production, the bone marrow also requires iron vitamin
B12, folate, pyridoxine (vitamin B6), and protein


Iron stores and metabolism




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- The average daily diet in the United States contains 1- to 15 mg of elemental
iron, but only a small portion this is absorbed
- With iron deficiency, bone marrow iron stores rapidly deplete; hemoglobin
synthesis is depressed, and erythrocytes produced by the marrow are small and
low in hemoglobin
- Lack of dietary iron is rarely the sole cause of iron deficiency in adults
- Iron deficiency may be a sign of bleeding
- Iron deficiency can affect our production of erythrocytes
- We consume iron but we can only produce so much
- Low iron is depleted to keep up with the production of red blood cells


Vitamin B12 and folate metabolism
- Dietary related types of anemia
- Vegetarians or vegans may be at risk
- Megoblasts die because of their size
- When we don't have vitamins and minerals to support the red blood cells get
bigger and get trapped and then they don't get to the circulation
- People who have had a partial or total gastrectomy may have limited amounts
of intrinsic factors, therefore the absorption of vitamin B12 may be diminished
- These deficiencies are characterized by the production of abnormally large
erythrocytes called megaloblasts
- Because these cells are abnormal, many are trapped while still in the bone
marrow, and their rate of release is decreased
- Some of these cells actually die in the marrow before they can be released into
the circulation
- This results in megaloblastic anemia


Leukocytes (White blood cells)
- Divided into granulocyte or agranulocyte
- Granulocyte: Eosinophils, basophils, and neutrophils, this will have an
increased number of band cells sometimes called the left shift
- Both of these types of leukocytes primarily protect the body against infection
and tissue injury
- Neutrophils: immature forms of white blood cells




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