Mndy657

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1. Heparin and RBC

   Mndy657 replied to Mndy657's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   His CRP was also 5.8 which is high. Could there be inflammation in his superior vena cava and his veins? His chest had dialated veins on it. And since his blood vessels are inflammed this could...

2. Heparin and RBC

   Mndy657 replied to Mndy657's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Sorry...the only reason that I thought maybe the URI might cause it is because my lab book says that an infection can lower RBC. His platlets are normal. He was not bleeding anywhere. I can't really...

3. Heparin and RBC

   Mndy657 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I had a patient that was diagnosed with superior vena cava thrombosis. He was put on hepari . My question is, can heparin lower the patients RBC's, HGB. And HCT? I have looked it up several places...

4. Clumps of fat in blood??

   Mndy657 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   A patient that I had was a 81 yo male who fell down 15 stairs. He broke a couple ribs, his pelvis, humerous, and C6. When I went to draw his blood out of a picc line these big globs came into the...