NURS 3444 Lecture 30: 30-Hematologic Dysfunction
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What is blood made up of: plasma, formed solutes, rbcs, wbcs, platelets/thrombocytes, cells, saline, formed elements, saline. Hematologic system and its function: blood = fluid + cellular, plasma & solutes, albumin, protein, electrolytes, antibodies, fibrinogen, globulins, 90% cellular, rbcs, wbcs, platelets. What is not the primary function of the hematological system: to transport oxygen from the lungs to the tissues, carry carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs, stimulate the release of erythropoietin from the kidneys. Hyperbilirubinemia: bilirubin is a by-product of rbc destruction resulting from breakdown of the hemoglobin in the rbcs. What is hemoglobin composed of: albumin and oxygen, protein and iron, iron and oxygen. Is anemia a disease process or a symptom: symptom caused by other disease processes, disease is lack of iron, metabolic or nutrition, decrease in number of rbcs and/or hemoglobin concentration below normal - oxygen- carrying capacity of blood.
