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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{White Blood Cells}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{CVs: \textless{} 2,500 or \textgreater{} 30,000} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Upward Trend: acutely ill, fever, and fatigue. \newline Downward Trend: high chance of infection, fatigue, and oncologic emergency if neutropenic and fevered.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Platelets}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{CVs: \textless{} 50,000 or \textgreater{} 1 million} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Upward Trend: headache, dizziness, tingling in hands and feet, and screen for VTE. \newline Downward Trend: high chance of bleeding, easily bruising, and especially mind fall risk.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{HGB, Hematocrit, and RBC}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} HGB CVs: & \textless{} 5 or \textgreater{} 20 \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Hematocrit CVs: & \textless{} 15\% or \textgreater{} 60\% \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Red Blood Cells (normal) & Male: 4.7-6.1, Female: 4.2-5.4 \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Generally for all 3: \newline - Upward Trend: fatigue, headaches, weakness, dizziness, and VTE monitor. \newline - Downward Trend: also known as anemia, OH, dizziness, headaches, pallor, dyspnea, keep in mind CVA, cardiac, or renal conditions and signs for poor perfusion (discoloration, peripheral pulses, decreased temp, and angina).} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.83689 cm} x{2.14011 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Coagulation Tests}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} APTP & CV: \textgreater{}70 secs \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Prothrombin Time & CV: 20 secs \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} INR & CV: \textgreater{} 5.5 \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{These are your very high bleed risks and potentially spontaneuous bleed risks. Very high caution for falling and even things like BP cuffs can bruise these patients.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sodium}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{CVs: \textless{} 120 or \textgreater{} 160} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Upward Trend: confused, thirsty, tachycardic, hypotensive, seizure risk, and cardiac rhythm monitoring. \newline Downward Trend: OH, edema, confused, weakness, lethargic, seizure, and coma.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Calcium}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{CVs: \textless{} 6 or \textgreater{} 13} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Upward Trend: weakness, ventricular dysthymia, nausea, lethargy, and patients undergoing oncology treatment are at risk for hypercalcemia (alert team for oncologic emergency). \newline Downward Trend: confusion, cramping, seizure precaution, dysrthymia, fatigue, paresthesia, and your chronic patients can present with osteopenia or osteoporosis.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Potassium}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{CVs: \textless{} 2.5 or \textgreater{} 6.5} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Upward Trend: muscle weakness/paralysis, paresthesia, dysrhythmia, bradycardia, \textgreater{} 5 is an increased risk of dysrhythmia, and assess for ascending muscle decline that could become paralysis. \newline Downward Trend: extremity weakness, paresthesia, dysrhythmia, hypotension, \textless{} 2.5 is an increased risk of dysrhythmia, and assess for ascending muscle decline that could become paralysis.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.64241 cm} x{3.33459 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Other Electrolytes}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Chloride & CVs: \textless{} 80 or \textgreater{} 115 \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Phosphate & CVs: \textless{} 1.0 \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Magnesium & CVs: \textless{} 0.5 or \textgreater{} 3 \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{3.28482 cm} x{1.69218 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Kidney Functon}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Blood Urea Nitrogen & CVs: \textgreater{} 100 \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Serum Creatinine & CVs: \textgreater{} 4 \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{For Both: \newline - Upward Trend: edema, fatigue, confusion (SC), hypertension (BUN), confusion, polydipsia (BUN), nausea (BUN), abdominal or back pain (SC), and dyspnea (SC). \newline - Downward Trend (mainly BUN): fatigue, nausea, headache, and confusion.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.94563 cm} x{4.03137 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Arterial Blood Gases}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} pH & CVs: \textless{} 7.25 or \textgreater{} 7.55 \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} PaCO2 & CVs: \textless{} 20 or \textgreater{} 60 \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} HCO3 & CVs: \textless{} 15 or \textgreater{} 40 \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} PaO2 & CVs: \textless{} 40 \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{3.08574 cm} x{1.89126 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Hepatic Panel}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Serum Albumin & CV: \textless{} 1.5 \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Serum Prealbumin & CV: \textless{} 10.7 \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Serum Bilirubin & CV: \textgreater{} 12 \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Serum Albumin \& Prealbumin: \newline - Upward Trend: fatigue, dizziness, and OH. \newline - Downward Trend: hypotension and peripheral edema. \newline Serum Bilirubin \newline - Upward Trend: will produce yellow tint to body tissues, abdominal pain and bloating, and associated with neurological manifestations such as confusion, hyperreflexia, and muscle tremors.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Glucose}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{CVs: \textless{} 50 or \textgreater{} 400} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Trending Upward: polyuria and dipsia, blurred vision, fatigue/weakness, and dizziness. \newline Trending Downward: pale, weakness, tachycardia, LoC, seizure, and lethargy. 15-30g of fast acting carbs recommended if blood glucose is \textless{} 100.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}