Rbc stuvia Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

RBC count - Answer Male: 4.7-6.1 Female: 4.2-5.4 Hemoglobin - Answer Male: 14-18 Female: 12-16 Hematocrit - Answer Males 44-52 Females 39-47 MCV (HCt/RBC) x10 - Answer 80-100 fL MCH (Hgb/RBC) x10 - Answer 28-32 pg

What are differential diagnosis of trauma to RBCs and what might this lead to? - Answer What is shown in the following? - Answer Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia What are shown in the following? - Answer schistocytes (shredded RBCs) What type of anemia is seen in paroxysmal noctural hemogloniuria? - Answer What are presentations and complications of paroxysmal noctural hemoglobinuria? - Answer What are sequella of PNH? - Answer What are diseases associated with hemolysis? ...

Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia is a group of disorders characterized by - ANSWERSmalfunction of the immune system where antibodies are produced against antigens on the surface of RBSs, resulting in hemolysis T/F RBC survival is proportional to the amount of antibody on the RBC surface; therefore the greater the amount of antibody the more rapidly the RBC is destroyed. - ANSWERSTrue Intravascular Hemolysis is - - ANSWERSRBC lysis in circulation - Antibodies bind to the RBC membrane therefore a...