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Red top tube (plain)
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for serum, no additive, serum should be removed from RBC within 30min of clotting & place to transfer tube
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Serum separator tube/gel
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for serum, gel separates serum from clotted blood
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Lavender top
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EDTA, blood & fluid samples
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Light blue top
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citrate solution, used for coagulation testing
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Green top
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heparin
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Gray top
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Sodium fluoride, glucose preservative
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CBC tests (5)
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PCV/TP
Hemoblobin tWBC Blood smear (film exam, morpohology of WBC, RBC, platelets, WBC differential) |
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Anemia indicators
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Low PCV, Hb, RBC
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Tests to be done if patient is anemic (3)
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1) reticulocyte count
2) total platelets 3) RBC indices |
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Plasma in hematocrit
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1) yellow = icteric = bilirubinemia = liver disorder
2) pink/red = hemolysis 3) milky = lipemic |
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TP
expression contents |
g/dl
albumin, globulin, fibrinogen |
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Erythrocyte indices
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Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)
Mean Corpuscular Hb (MCH) Mean Corpuscular Hb Concentration (MCHC) |
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MCV
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mean volume for group of RBCs
femtoliters (fl) PCV x 10/RBC |
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MCH
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mean weight of Hb in RBC
pictograms (pg) Hb x 10/RBC |
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MCHC
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g/dl
Hb x 100/PCV concentration of Hb in average RBC |
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Acquired Morphological Abnormalities
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Toxic Change
"Atypical" Lymphocytes Nuclear Hyposegmentation Nuclear Hypersegmentation |
TANN
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Nuclear Hyposegmentation
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early release of band neutrophils
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Nuclear Hypersegmentation
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neutrophils with five or more lobes, due to aging neutrophils
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Toxic Change
Cause and presentation |
Result of inflammation, infection, drug toxicity.
Cytoplasmic basophilia, Dohle bodies, vacuoles, or "foaminess" |
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Atypical Lymphocytes are a result of ...
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chronic antigenic stimulation
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Dohle Bodies
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granules present in toxic neutrophils
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wet chemistry instrument
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light sent through liquid sample, measure intensitiy of emergent light, light converted into electrical energy - displayed digitally on meter.
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dry chemistry analyzers
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reflective photometric principle used to measure concentration of solutions
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electronic cell counters
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darkfield illumination counter
impedance counter multifunctional instruments |
DIM
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-philia, -cytosis
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increased # of cells. neutrophillia, leukocytosis
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left shift
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increased # of immature neutrophils
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leukemia
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neoplastic cells in blood or bone marrow
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leukomoid response
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leukocytosis
can be mistaken for leukemia result of inflammatory disease |
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lymphoproliferative disorders
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lymphocytes or plasma cells proliferate abnormally
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myeloproliferative disorders
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bone marrow disorders
neoplastic proliferation of bone marrow cell lines |
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-penia
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decrease # of cells. neutropenia, lymphopenia
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Neutrophil
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lymphocyte
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monocyte
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eosinophil
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basophil
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