AACN CCRN Hematology Question &
Answers 2024.
DIC Decreases What Labs? -
✔Decreases: Hgb, Hct, Plt, Fibrinogen
Fibrinogen level in DIC -
✔goes down decreased, because the fibrinogen is breaking down to form clots
Fibrin degradation products
fibrin split products (FSP) in DIC -
✔Elevated because fibrinogen is breaking down tons of clots
D-dimer in DIC -
✔elevated, elevated in DVT
HELLP Tx -
✔Prevent seizures, fluids and electrolytes, blood products, control blood
pressure, Dexmethasone- immune response
ITP -
✔Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, platelets <150,000 without identifiable
cause
blood drugs -
✔neupogen, epogen, neumega
platelet count -
✔150,000-400,000/mm3
Thrombocytopenia -
✔low platelet count, <150,000
Granulocytes -
✔neutrophils-45-75%, eosinophils-0-4%, basophils 0-3%
neutrophils -
✔segs and bands, 2,000-7000
segs -
✔mature neutrophil nucleus of neutrophil segmented
bands -
✔<5% of WBC, nucleus of immature neutrophil banded, "immature neutrophils
still pla in bands
Shift to the left in blood -
