Download Nurses Cheat Sheet on Must Know Lab Values and more Cheat Sheet Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! 63 MUST KNOW LAB VALUES Value Complete Blood Count (CBC) with Differential Abbreviation Unit Normal Red Blood Cell RBC x106/mcL Male: 4.5 - 5.5 Female: 4.0 - 4.9 WBC cells/mcL 4,500 - 10,000 % 40 - 60 % 3 - 5(>8 = left shift) PLT Hgb Hct MCV RDW % % % cells/mcL g/dL % fL % 0.5 - 1 20 - 40 2 - 8 100,000 - 450,000 Male: 13.5 - 16.5 Female: 12.0 - 15.0 Male: 41 - 50 Female: 36 - 44 80 - 100 <14.5 % 1 - 4 White Blood Cell Neutrophils Band Forms Eosinophlis Basophils Lymphocytes Monocytes Platelets Hemoglobin Hematocrit Mean Corpuscular Volume Red Cell Distribution Width 63 MUST KNOW LAB VALUES Value Blood Chemistry (Basic Metabolic Panel) (BMP) Abbreviation Unit Normal Sodium Na+ mEq/L 135 - 145 K+ Cl- Glu Ca2+ Cr BUN mEq/L 3.5 - 5.5 mEq/L mg/dL mg/dL mg/dL mg/dL 96 - 108 70 - 115 0.7 - 1.40 7 - 20 8.4 - 10.2 Potassium Chloride Glucose Calcium Creatinine Blood Urea Nitrogen Value Cholesterol Levels Abbreviation Unit Normal Cholesterol Total mg/dL <200 LDL HDL TG mg/dL <70 mg/dL mg/dL >60 optimal <150 Low Density Lipoprotein High Density Lipoprotein Triglycerides Value Arterial Blood Gas Abbreviation Unit Normal pH 7.35 - 7.45 PaCO2 pH PaO2 HCO3 mmHg 35 -45 mmHg mEq/L 80 - 100 22 - 26 Partial Pressure of CO2 Partial Pressure of O2 Bicarbonate BE mEq/L -2 - +2Base Excess SaO2 % 95 - 100Oxygen Saturation Value Coagulation Studies Abbreviation Unit Normal Prothrombin Time Seconds 11 - 14 PTT PT INR aPTT Seconds 25 - 35 Seconds 0.8 - 1.2 30-40 Partial Thromboplastin Time International Normalized Ratio Activated Partial AThromboplastin Time