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Labs and Values (Unit 4) (Creatinine F: 0.5-1.2 m/dL or M: 0.7-1.3 m/dL…

- - - - Trauma
      - GI bleed
      - Surgery
    - - pt. does not produce RBC as well; r/t iron and B12 deficiency
    - - Erythropoetin (by-product of RBC)
    - - failure of bone marrow to produce RBC
    - - Low spec. gravity
  - - - Specific gravity high
    - - bone marrow makes too many RBCs
    - - Chronic low levels of O2; RBC duplicates to make up for O2 deficiencies
- - - - Trauma; GI bleed
    - - Chemicals affect the bone marrow
- - - - Look at creatinin and GFR
    - - Cardiac output decreased, kidney does not get diffused
    - - protein broken into amino acids fast=urea forms (Neg. Nitrogen Balance)
  - - - BUN is made in the liver; Decreased urea production