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
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
