ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
bleeding time (template) - CORRECT ANSWER - less than 10 minutes
erythrocyte count - CORRECT ANSWER - 4.2 - 5.9 million/mcl
erythrocyte sedimentation rate (Westergren) - CORRECT ANSWER - Male: 0-15mm/hr
Female: 0-20 mm/hr
hematocrit, blood - CORRECT ANSWER - Male: 42-50%
Female: 40 - 48%
hemoglobin, blood - CORRECT ANSWER - Male: 13-16 g/dl
Female: 12-15 g/dl
leukocyte count and differential - CORRECT ANSWER - leukocyte count: 4000-
11000/mcl
50-70% segmented neutrophils
0-5% band forms, 0-3% eosinophils
0-1% basophils, 30-45% lymphocytes
0-6% monocytes
mean corpuscular volume - CORRECT ANSWER - 86-98 fL
protrhombin time, plasma - CORRECT ANSWER - 11-13 seconds
,partial thromboplastin time (activated) - CORRECT ANSWER - 30-40 seconds
platelet count - CORRECT ANSWER - 150,000 - 300,000/mcL
reticulocyte count - CORRECT ANSWER - 0.5 - 1.5% of red cells
amylase, serum - CORRECT ANSWER - 25 - 125 U/L
arterial studies, blood (Patient breathing room air): PO2 - CORRECT ANSWER - 75-100
mmHg
arterial studies, blood (Patient breathing room air): PCO2 - CORRECT ANSWER - 38-
42mmHg
arterial studies, blood (Patient breathing room air): Bicarbonate - CORRECT ANSWER -
23-26 mEq/L
arterial studies, blood (Patient breathing room air): pH - CORRECT ANSWER - 7.38 -
7.44
arterial studies, blood (Patient breathing room air): Oxygen Saturation - CORRECT
ANSWER - 95% or greater
bicarbonate, serum - CORRECT ANSWER - 23 - 28 mEq/L
bilirubin, serum: - CORRECT ANSWER - Total 0.3 - 1.0 mg/dL
Direct 0.1 - 0.3 mg/dL
, Comprehensive metabolic panel:
Bilirubin, serum (total) - CORRECT ANSWER - 0.3 - 1.0 mg/dL
Comprehensive metabolic panel:
calcium, serum - CORRECT ANSWER - Male: 9.0 -10.5mg/dL
Female: 8.5 - 10.2mg/dL
Comprehensive metabolic panel:
cholesterol, serum (total) - CORRECT ANSWER - Desirable: less than 200md/dL
Borderline-high: 200-239mg/dL(may be high in the presence of coronary artery disease or other
risk factors)
High: greater than 239md/dL
Comprehensive metabolic panel:
creatinine, serum - CORRECT ANSWER - 0.7-1.5 mg/dL
Glucose, plasma - CORRECT ANSWER - Normal (fasting); 70 -115 mg/dL
Borderline: 115-140 mg/dL
Abnormal: greater than 140 mg/dL
phosphorus, serum - CORRECT ANSWER - 3.0 - 4.5 mg/dL
Proteins, serum:
Pre-Albumin - CORRECT ANSWER - 0.2 - 0.4 g/dL
Proteins, serum:
Albumin - CORRECT ANSWER - 3.5 - 5.5 g/dL