A patient was admitted from the emergency department after a motorcycle crash in which he sustained blunt abdominal trauma. IV access was established in the internal jugular and left antecubital...

A patient was admitted from the emergency department after a motorcycle crash in which he sustained blunt abdominal trauma. IV access was established in the internal jugular and left antecubital veins, and lactated Ringer’s solution was infused. The results of initial computed tomography scan of the abdomen were negative. On admission to the critical care unit, you review the results of the hematological profile. Explain the rationale for the alterations in these values.

a. Hemoglobin: 9.1 g/dL

b. Hematocrit: 31.1%

c. Platelets: 274,000/microliter

d. Red blood cells: 2.9 million/microliter

e. White blood cells: 9800/microliter

f. Prothrombin time: 15 seconds

g. Activated partial thromboplastin time: 38 seconds