Refer to the Below Table of Laboratory Values When Answering

question 6

Multiple Choice

Refer to the below table of laboratory values when answering the following questions.
$\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline \text { Bleeding time (tem plate) } & 2-7 \text { minutes } \\\hline \text { Erythrocyte count } & \begin{array}{l}\text { Male: } 4.3-5.9 \mathrm{million} / \mathrm{uL} \\\text { Female: } 3.5-5.5 \mathrm{million} / \mathrm{uL}\end{array} \\\hline \text { Hematocrit } & \text { Male: } 41 \%-53 \% \\\hline & \text { Female: } 36 \%-46 \% \\\hline \text { Hem oglobin, blood } & \text { Male: } 13.5-17.5 \mathrm{~g} / \mathrm{dL} \\\hline \text { Mean corpuscular hemoglobin } & \text { Female: } 12.0-16.0 \mathrm{~g} / \mathrm{dL} \\25.4-34.6 \mathrm{pg} / \mathrm{cell} \\\hline \text { Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration } & 31 \%-36 \% \mathrm{Hb} / \mathrm{cell} \\\hline \text { Mean corpuscular volume } & 80-100 \mathrm{fL} \\\hline \text { Reticulocyte count } & 0.5 \%-1.5 \% \text { of red cells } \\\hline & \\\text { Platelet count } & 150,000-400,000 / \mathrm{uL} \\\hline & \\\hline \text { Leukocyte count and differential } & \\\hline \text { Leukocyte count } & 4500-11,000 / \mathrm{uL} \\\hline \text { Neutrophils } & 54 \%-62 \% \\\hline \text { Eosinophils } & 1 \%-3 \% \\\hline \text { Basophils } & 0 \%-0.75 \% \\\hline \text { Lymphocytes } & 25 \%-33 \% \\\hline \text { Monocytes } & 3 \%-7 \% \\\hline\text { Partial thromboplastin time (activated) } & 25-40 \text { seconds } \\\text { Prothrombin time } & 11-15 \text { seconds } \\\hline \text { Bleeding time } & 2-7 \text { minutes }\\\hline\end{array}$
-Following the donation of a unit of blood, how long before hematocrit begins to increase?

• A)1 hour
• B)2 hours
• C)24 hours
• D)5 days
• E)2 weeks

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Definitions:

High Blood Pressure

A medical condition where the force of the blood against the artery walls is consistently too high, leading to potential health risks such as heart disease.

Diabetes

A metabolic disease characterized by high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period, due to either insulin production's inadequacy or the body's cells not responding properly to insulin.

Bottle Feeding

Providing nourishment to infants through containers often used as an alternative to breastfeeding.

Breast Feeding

The process of feeding a baby with milk directly from the breast, providing essential nutrients and antibodies.