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Med Tech students from Louisiana State University Alexandria(USA) and Med Tech students from National Public Health Laboratory in Kenya (Africa) will analyze and compute Reference Ranges for Hematology Test Parameters and compare ranges between both countries. Students will also communicate through this blog site to develop understanding and appreciation for different cultures.
25 comments:
Laura
This page has some excellent case studies. The one that I liked was number 31 because we discussed this cell in hematology. It deals with a FAB classification. :)
http://www1.umn.edu/hema/pages/cases/cs31/csfram31.html
Meghan:
This site is really good. It has multiple case studies that you can look at. It ask you question and then has a link for the correct answer. You can work through a whole case from beginning to end. I like that it even shows you a picture of the patient's blood smear.
http://www1.umn.edu/hema/pages/casestudies.html
Meghan:
I realized that I gave the same website as Laura.
I found another website that has some more interesting case studies. I liked reading about Case Study 6. It talks about a factor deficiency.
The website is
http://info.med.yale.edu/labmed/casestudies/casestudy.html
Julie,
This website is awesome and well informative. The case studies are very interesting. Check it out!http://www.som.tulane.edu/classware/pathology/medical_pathology/New_for_99/ClinicalCases.htm
Sylvia:
This is an interesting website with case studies that have blood smears to go along with the patient history and tests. http://www1.umn.edu/hema/pages/casestudies.html
Morgan:
Here is a website that has a few case studies. Each of them have a few questions with the correct answers.
http://www.som.tulane.edu/classware/pathology/medical_pathology/New_for_99/ClinicalCases.htm
In this page you will find beautiful images of blood smears indicating different blood abnormalities and mistakes med techs make while viewing a slide.I liked it.
http://www.medocs.udavis.edu/IMD/420A/course.htm
TOP 10 U.S. DISEASES THAT RESULT IN DEATH
1. Diseases of heart
2. Malignant neoplasms (cancer)
3. Cerebrovascular diseases
4. Chronic lower respiratory
5. Unintentional injuries
6. Diabetes mellitus
7. Influenza and pneumonia
8. Alzheimer's disease
9. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis
10. Septicemia
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Health, United States, 2005.
Jessica
This is a good site dealing with Renal anatomy
http://www.kidney.org.au/?section=2&subsection=78
Sylvia:
I left the comment about the 10 ten diseases. Sorry, I forgot to type my name in.:( What are the common diseases that you see in Africa?
Sal:
In Kenya,being one of the African countries,we are faced with the challenge of acute illnesses rather than chronic ones.Hence a huge number of outpatient management.Some of the common illnesses include:
-Cholera(caused by V.cholerae)
-Malaria(caused by Plasmodium sp.)
-Diabetes mellitus
-Typhoid
-TB(caused by M.tuberculosis)and other parasitic infections.
There is still the burden of HIV/AIDS, though the government is so much dedicated to combating the disease.What is the HIV/AIDS prevalence in your country?Is your government so much dedicated to HIV/AIDS programs?
Sylvia:
Our government is also dedicated to combating AIDS/HIV. Although, there is less people with this disease here. We rarely have any parasitic infections. It would be interesting to see all the different parasites. The only parasites I have seen are Enterobius vermicularis and Phthirus pubis under a microscope.
Jessica:
Here is a interesting site.
http://www.fpnotebook.com/HEM121.htm
Here is a cool website on toxicology.
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/toxtutor.html
sylvia:
Case Study:
The following biochemical results were recorded in a 29year old female who attended her doctor complaining of tiredness and weight loss. There was no previous relevant history.
Total T4: 196 nmol/L
TSH: <0.01 IU/L
What is the diagnosis? What other clinical features might be present? What other tests might be abnormal?
Mordecai:
It sounds like hyperthyroidism, for more on the case study you can visit the following site: http://www.thyroidmanager.org/
Mordecai:
It sounds like hyperthyroidism.For more about that case study you can visit this site http://www.thyroidmanager.org/.It has well documented insights on that issue
Mordecai:
It sounds like hyperthyroidism.For more about that case study you can visit this site http://www.thyroidmanager.org/.It has well documented insights on that issue
Mordecai:
It sounds like hyperthyroidism.For more about that case study you can visit this site http://www.thyroidmanager.org/.It has well documented insights on that issue
Sylvia:
Mrs. Robinson along with myself are doing a presentation at the gulf south summit in Nashville,TN on our service learning project tomorrow.
Sal;
After much consultation,here is our approach on how we shall carry on with the project;
1.We shall sample both healthy and ill volunteers with a total of 200.
2.The age will range from 14 to 50 year.
3.In each case there will be a total of 50 males and 50 females.That is,to make a total of 100 ill and 100 healthy volunteers.
4.We shall be using the Cell-Dyn 3200 and ABX Penta 120 automated machines for our analysis.
The analysis of ill volunteers will be through reviewing laboratory records, while for the healthy volunteers we shall use screened donor's blood.
We will be starting on this tomorrow(31st march),so we hope to carry on effectively.
I am excited about your project getting underway! I look forward to your results. Do you (the med techs) draw the blood, or do you have phlebotomists like we do? I know over here at the smaller hospitals the techs draw the blood and run the tests also. I don't think I rreally mind drawing blood, but I have a hard time drawing blood from children.
Sorry, I did not put my name.
Laura
Sal;
It is an exciting thing to be involved in this project;something out of the daily routine.We are about to complete on patients' indices and then begin on healthy volunteers'sample analysis.
Laura,as part of our training we are required to be good in phlebotomy as in any other clinical procedures and so we do drawing of blood,with little assistance from doctors who do it on our behalf in the wards.
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