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| Blood cell maturation from Myeloid stem cell |
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| Slide preparation for Blood Smear (name, where to look, stain used) |
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| What three things should you start off evaluating when looking at a blood smear? |
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| How do you calculate a WBC estimate? |
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| How do you calculate a Platelet estimate? |
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| What can interfere with the automated counter of platelets? |
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| What are the 4 major Red blood cell indices evaluated in a CBC, and define |
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| What are the 4 physical features of RBCs that are analyzed upon CBC evaluation and what are the normal ranges? |
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| Anisocytosis and Poikylocytosis definition |
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| Define Hypochromia and Microcytes and what they correspond to, and what anemia they are most commonly associated with |
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| What are Macrocytes, Ovalocytes, and Hypersegmented neutrophils often associated with? |
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| What is a Hypersegmented neutrophil ad what is it associated with? |
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| Describe Polychromasia and what is it seen in? |
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| What causes Target cells and what 3 diseases are they often associated with? |
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| What are RBC Tear Drops most often associated with? (1 procedure and 2 disorders) |
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| What are Schistocytes and what two disorders are they often seen in? |
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| Spherocyte description and what causes it? |
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| Sickle cells reflect the presence of Hb __, which is what substitution and what 3 diseases is it seen in? |
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| Hemoglobin C crystals are usually seen in what patients? |
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| What causes Nucleated RBC's (NRBCs)? |
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| What are Howell Jolly Bodies and what 3 conditions are they seen in? |
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| What causes Basophilic stiplling and what 4 conditions is it associated with? |
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| Describe Rouleaux, what causes it, and what disease is it associated with? |
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| How do you do a manual WBC differential and what is the Absolute white count? |
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| Look at representation of automated WBC differential |
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| Normal Seg (neutrophil), Lymphocyte, and Monocyte in terms of Nucleus shape and cytoplasm characteristics |
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| Band or Stab cell and when can they be elevated |
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| Image of Eosinophils and Basophils |
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| Maturation sequence of a Seg (PMN)/Neutrophil |
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| Myeloblast size, chromatin characteristics, N:C ratio, Cytoplasm characteristics, and other features |
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| Promyeloblast size, chromatin characteristics, N:C ratio, Cytoplasm characteristics, and other features |
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| Myeloblast vs Promyeloblast image |
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| Myelocyte size, N:C ratio, Nucleus characteristics, Cytoplasm characteristics, and other features |
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| Metamyelocyte size, N:C ratio, Nucleus shape and characteristics, Cytoplasm characteristics, and other features |
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| Myelocyte vs Metamyelocyte Image |
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| What are Toxic granulations and when are they seen? |
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| What are Dohle bodies and when are they seen? |
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| Image of WBC with Yeast and Bacteria |
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| What is a Leukemoid reaction and under what conditions is it typically seen? |
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| What is Leukocyte Alkaline Phosphatase test used for? |
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| What is a Leukoerythroblastic Blood Smear, what does it Suggest, and what is it often secondary to? |
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| What are Reactive/Atypical lymphocytes associated with? |
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| When are Plasma cells typically seen? |
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| How do RBCs present in Multiple Myeloma (MM)? |
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| Cell types seen in Acute Leukemia vs Chronic Leukemia |
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| What is an Auer Rod indicative of? |
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| What are Smudge Cells indicative of? |
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| What is the M/E ratio and what is the fat/cell ratio of Bone marrow in elderly/children? |
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| Normal bone marrow vs Acute Leukemia bone marrow |
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