Term
| normal male and female Hb |
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Definition
13.5 - 17.5 g/dL - male
12- 16 g/dL - female |
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|
Term
normal Hct male and female
and def |
|
Definition
41-53 % - male
36 - 46 % - female
-% volume of RBC in whole blood |
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|
Term
|
Definition
80-100 mL
-Hct/RBC mean corpuscular volume-average volume of RBC |
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|
Term
| RBC lab value for male/female and def |
|
Definition
male - 5.2+/- 0.7 million/mcL
female - 4.6+/- 5 million/mcL
-#RBC |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
11-16
RBC size/MCV gives dispersion (SD) of MCV |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
250-400 mcg/dL
total iron binding factor |
|
|
Term
| ferritin lab values (males/females) and def |
|
Definition
15-200 ng/mL - males
12- 150 ng/mL -females
-iron stores |
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|
Term
| folate lab values of storage |
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Definition
|
|
Term
| B12 lab values of storage |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| iron lab values (males/females) |
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Definition
50 - 160 mcg/dL - males
40 - 150 mcg/dL - females
-these are serum iron values |
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|
Term
| anemia definition (females) |
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Definition
Hb < 12 g/dL
Hct < 36%
RBC < 4.1 million/mcL |
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|
Term
| anemia definition (males) |
|
Definition
Hb < 13.5 g/dL
Hct <41%
RBC <4.5 million/mcL |
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