Tell Me About Blood 1.) What is the significance of lower-than-normal hematocrit? Lower-than-normal hematocrit indicates anemia. People with anemia do not have enough hemoglobin‚ which is the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells. Iron‚ B12‚ and folic acid deficiencies‚ some medications‚ and pregnancy can cause anemia. There are also more serious causes such as problems with the immune system that cause destruction of red blood cells earlier than normal‚ chronic diseases including
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incompatibility between mother and fetus in Rh blood type. 4. What are antigens and antibodies? How do they interact to cause a transfusion reaction? * An antigen is a molecule that sometimes stimulates an immune response. An antibody is a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen. Antigens are what causes a person to need a transfusion because their body is resisting their own blood. Antibodies are what accept the new blood to use as their own. 5. What can cause
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Exercise 32 Blood Vessels The primary goal of this lab is to learn the names of many blood vessels. You will use the models provided as well as pictures in your lab book. Microscopic Structure of Blood Vessels Tunica intima: lines the lumen of the blood vessel. Continuous with endocardium of heart. Is extremely smooth to decrease resistance to blood flow. (Made of epithelium) Tunica media: More bulky middle coat. Composed of smooth muscle and elastin. Regulation in the diameter of blood vessels
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and Perry Smith Throughout In Cold Blood the friendship of Dick Hickock and Perry Smith changes quite often. Even though the two may believe that they need each other and that they are similar in each and every way‚ they each put their own personal profit above one another whether it is for small change‚ sex‚ or even as far as death. The two may be very close to each other‚ but their self-serving personalities get the best of them every time. In In Cold Blood‚ Truman Capote evaluates the moral decline
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Temperature: 37°C (98.6°F)Pulse: 90 BPM Respirations: 24/minute Blood pressure: 158/82 mm Hg Skin pale and moist‚ pupils dilated. Midline abdominal incision‚ sutures dry and intact. Diagnostic Data Chest x-ray and urinalysis negative‚ WBC 12‚000 Nursing Dx Acute Pain related to tissue in- jury secondary to surgical intervention (as evidenced by restlessness; pallor; elevated pulse‚ respirations‚ and systolic blood pressure; dilated pupils; and report of 7/10 abdominal pain. Pain Control
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Blood pressure From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For information about high blood pressure‚ see Hypertension. |Blood pressure | |Diagnostics | |[pic] | |A sphygmomanometer‚ a device used for measuring arterial pressure. | |MeSH |D001795
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Orthostatic hypotension is when a person’s blood pressure decreases whenever they go from a lying position to sitting up or standing. This is due to blood leaving the core of the body (organs) and shunts to the peripheries due to vasodilation. This usually makes the patient feel dizzy or light-headed and can cause a patient to become unsteady and/or fall. If a patient has orthostatic hypotension‚ their pulse will increase 15-30 bpm or blood pressure will decrease by 20 mmHg systolic or 10 mmHg
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Hypothesis: The more cigarettes villagers living within Philadelphia Trace smoke the higher the blood pressure of those villagers. Aim: To plan and Design an experiment to investigate whether or not the number of cigarettes a person smokes affects the person’s blood pressure. Materials/Apparatus: 20 villagers who smoke cigarettes‚ 8 villagers who do not smoke cigarettes‚ blood pressure monitors‚ cigarettes‚ pens‚ cards‚ papers and rulers. Variables: Manipulated-: • The number of
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NAME ____________________________________ LAB TIME/DATE _______________________ EXERCISE R E V I E W S H E E T 32 Print Form Anatomy of Blood Vessels Microscopic Structure of the Blood Vessels 1. Cross-sectional views of an artery and of a vein are shown here. Identify each; and on the lines to the sides‚ note the structural details that enabled you to make these identifications: artery (vessel type) vein (vessel type) open‚ circular lumen (a) (a) somewhat collapsed lu
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Note: All exercises will use Medika_Clinical unless otherwise stated. 1 Lesson 1 Exercises: Basic SQL Statements 1.1 Write a statement to describe all the data in the vital signs table. What is the name of the item for Systolic Blood Pressure? ____________________ What is its datatype? ____________________ What is its length? ____________________ 1.2 Write a statement to display all the data in the demographics table. 1.3 Write a statement to display the subject number
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