Is this level of hematocrit normal or abnormal

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Your task for this assessment is to explain some of the blood values

1. Your male patient is in renal (kidney) failure. His recent blood tests indicated a hematocrit of 24%.

Is this level of hematocrit normal or abnormal?
Explain what information the hematocrit level gives us?
Why is his hematocrit abnormal given his diagnosis of renal failure?
What can he be given to raise his hematocrit and why?

2. Your patient is an athlete who has trained for several years only in Florida. Her hematocrit is 59%.

Is this level normal, explain?
What could be the cause of this level of hematocrit?

3. What type of anemia would cause a reduced hemoglobin level while the person still has a normal hematocrit?

4. Your patient has a differential WBC count that shows 60% neutrophil, 10% eosinophil, 1% basophil, 22% lymphocytes, and 7% monocytes.

Which one of her levels is abnormal?
Based on the levels what could be wrong with your patient?

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