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Hematology

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Red vacutainer   "no anticoagulant; used for Ab tests  
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Light blue vacutainer   sodium citrate; coag studies - PT APTT  
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Mottled vacutainer   serum separater (can be used in conjunction with others); red mottled= for cholesterol  
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Green vacutainer   heparin; used for osmotic fragility (and a lot of chemistry)  
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Gray vacutainer   potassium oxalate or sodium fluorate; used for glucose studies  
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LAP stain   leukocyte alkaline phosphatase; stains LAP, which is found in normal PMNs, but not in PMNs found in Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia  
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Peroxidase stain   positive in myeloid progenitor cells, but not in erythroid or lymphoid cells; peroxidase is only in myeloid primary granules  
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Prussian blue   stains iron; used to identify sideroblasts; also called Perl's stain  
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New Methylene Blue   supravital stain; (another is Brilliant Cresyl blue stain) stains RNA- shows reticulocytes, and also hemoglobin - Heinz bodies  
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MCV   measure of volume/size; range 80-99 femtaliters; macrocytic= >99; microcytic= <80  
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MCV calculation   Hematocrit/RBC count  
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MCHC   mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (concentration of hemoglobin); determines normochromic, hypochromic  
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MCHC range   32-36 is normal; >36 in spherocytosis (>36 isn't really a problem; you can't have hyperchromic RBCs); <32= hypochromic  
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MCHC calculation   Hemoglobin/Hematocrit; in grams/liter  
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MCH   Mean corpuscular hemoglobin;  
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MCH range   27 to 31 picograms/cell  
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MCH calculation   Hemoglobin/RBC count  
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What causes an increased MCHC?   falsely elevated = turbidity of sample or cold agglutinins; truly elevated - spherocytosis  
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Normal range PMNs   2,000-7,000; 50-70% (20-55% in newborns)  
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Normal range Lymphs   1,500-4,000; 25-45% adults; 45-75% children  
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Normal range Monos   200-1,000; 2-10% adults; 0-12% children  
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Normal range Eosinophils   0-450 (ave. 150); 0-5% adults  
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Normal range Basophils   0-150; 0-1% adults  
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Normal range WBC count   4,000-11,000/cubic mm  
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M:E Ratio range   the ratio of myeloid to erythroid precursors in bone marrow; normally it varies from 2:1 to 4:1; we learned 1.5:1 to 3:1;  
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Decreased M:E   a decreased ratio may mean a depression of leukopoiesis or normoblastic hyperplasia depending on the overall cellularity of the bone marrow.  
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Increased M:E   infections, chronic myelogenous leukemia, or erythroid hypoplasia;  
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Acanthocyte   projections; no central pallor  
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Basophilic stippling   little clumps of RNA; isn't a granule; with lead poisoning, see with BOTH supravital or Wright-Giemsa  
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Cabot ring   piece of DNA; surrounds RBC  
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Heinz body   denatured hemoglobin; can ONLY see with Supravital stain (like Brilliant Cresyl blue)  
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Hemoglobin C   """washington monument"""  
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Hemoglobin H   """golf ball""; ONLY see with supravital stain; will have lots"  
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Hemoglobin SC   "abnormal chunk of hemoglobin; called ""bird in flight"" (don't confuse with schistocyte)"  
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Howell-Jolly bodies   piece of nucleus left from nucleus expulsion; can be seen with BOTH Wrights or Supravital  
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Pappenheimer bodies   iron; the iron itself won't stain, but the RNA it's stuck to will; can be seen with normal stain or iron (Prussian blue) stain  
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Dyserythropoiesis   exploded, abnormal nucleus of a red blood cell  
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Hypersegmented PMN   B12 or folic acid problems  
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Pelger-Huet PMNs   genetic; no associated problems  
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Toxic granulation   fusion of primary granules; occurs with infection; often have a shift to the left too  
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Sessile bodies   little nuclear protrusions; often with toxic granulation; doesn't show anything in itself  
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Dohle bodies   ribosomes or RER; faint, light blue inclusions; often around edge of PMN;  
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Auer rod   malformed azurophilic granules; can occur in myeloblast  
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Alder-Reilly bodies   mucopolysaccharides in PMNs; dark blue, obscures nucleus; looks like basophil, but will see too many of them; genetic disorder  
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Chediak-Higashi granules   large azurophilic granules; caused by defective microtubules; found in albinism and infection  
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Faggot cell   multiple auer rods (azurophilic granules)  
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May-Hegglin anomaly   has 1) dohle-like bodies 2) enlarged platelets and 3) thrombocytopenia  
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Giant myelocyte   "huge, ""lagging"" nucleus; in B12 deficiency"  
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Eosinophil increase happens in . . .   parasites; allergies; some cases of Hodgkkins lymphoma  
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ESR   erythrocyte sedimentation rate; shows inflammation or tissue destruction  
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Increased ESR   "<p>inflammation; Rheumatoid arthritis; infections; myocardial infarct; sickle cell anemia; lupus; false elvated - anemia  
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IL-3   interleukin 3; most important blood growth factor; stimulates blast forming units for erythrocytes  
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Erythropoietin   glycoprotein that acts like a hormone; made in the kidney; the principle RBC regulator; is made in response to hypoxia  
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Corrected WBC count   (uncorrected WBC#)/(100 + number of nucleated RBCs per 100 WBCs) X 100  
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The Rule of 3   The RBC count (per cub. mm)X3 = hemoglobin (gm/dl)x3 = hematocrit (%)  
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Normal RBC range (women)   4.0-5.5 million/cub mm  
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Normal RBC range (men)   4.5-6.0 million/cub mm  
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Normal Hemoglobin range (women)   12-16 gm/dl  
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Normal Hemoglobin range (men)   16-20 gm/dl  
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Normal Hematocrit range (women)   42(+/- 5)%  
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Normal Hematocrit range (men)   47(+/- 5)%  
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Bone marrow sites (adults)   upper sternum; posterior illiac crest; lumbar vertebrae (NOT long bones)  
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Bone marrow sites (children)   tibia (there is still hematopoetic action in long bones in children)  
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MMM signs   a chronic myeloproliferative; MMM has dacryocytes, and large platlets; MMM shows a leukoerythroblastic response (all cell lines are increased); BM biopsy usually has a dry tap  
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CML signs   chronic mylogenous leukemia; BM is hypercellular; the only chronic myeloproliferative with the Philadelphia Chromosome; can have blast crisis stage (bruising, bleeding, weakness)  
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Heparin mode of action   activates antithrombin - keeps thrombin from coagulating  
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EDTA mode of action   chelates Calcium (used in the coag pathways)  
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Sodium citrate mode of action   removes Calcium (used in coag pathway)  
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Poikilocytosis   abnormal shape of RBCs  
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Anisocytosis   abnormal size of RBCs  
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Aplasia   low or no cellular development  
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Agranulocytosis   failure bone marrow to make enough granulocytes (e.g. PMNs)  
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Polychromasia   blue appearance of RBCs; indicates reticulocytes; generally larger  
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Neutrophilia can be caused by . . .   infection, malignancy (like CML)  
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Signs of neutrophilia   shift to the left; increased LAP score  
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What can be used for controls on a Coulter?   patient samples that have been tested on another machine; these are only good for 24 hours  
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What should you do when your slide does not match the Coulter print out?   check patient history; re run the sample on the Coulter; check for clots; verify it's the right slide; check for smudge cells (could be lymphs); call for a redraw;  
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Normal range for Platelets   150-450 x10^9/L  
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Lymphocytosis caused by   normal in children; viral infection (mononucleuosis, Epstein Barr); Pertussis infection; Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)  
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Reticulocytes contain what? How do they appear?   contain meshwork of rRNA (this only stains with new Methylene blue); appear blueish and larger than normal RBCs  
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