Shock is a threatening life condition of circulatory failure which causes inadequate oxygen delivery to meet cellular metabolic needs and oxygen consumption requirements, producing cellular and...
Blood transfusion (BT) therapy involves transfusing whole blood or blood components (specific portion or fraction of blood lacking in the patient). OBJECTIVES OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION To...
Common Laboratory Values VALUE NORMAL RANGE UNIT COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT Red Blood Cell (RBC) M: 4.5—5.5F: 4.0—4.9 x105/ml White Blood Cell (WBC) 4,500—10,000 cells/mcL Platelets 100,000—450,000...
IV CANNULA TYPES AND USES An intravenous cannula is a flexible tube that can be inserted into a patient’s body through the veins and is mostly...
Clinical manifestations of transfusions complications vary depending on the precipitating factor. Signs and symptoms of hemolytic transfusion reaction include: Fever Chills low back pain flank pain...