B3.048 - Prework Hematologic Diagnostics Flashcards
What are the functions of blood
oxygen transport Inflammation/immunity Hemostasis
What component of blood helps with oxygen transport
RBCs
what are RBCs made up of
heme iron globin
what component of blood is responsible for inflammation/immunity
WBCs
what component of blood is responsible for hemostasis
platelets Plasma proteins (coagulation factors)
if you look at blood in the lab with an anticoagulant only what are you looking at? what if you centrifuge it?
Whole blood cells + plasma
if you look at blood in the lab without anticoagulation, allow it to clot and centrifuge it what are you looking at?
clot (cells + coagulation factor proteins) + serum
what is plasma
serum + coagulation factors
what anticoagulants are used in the lab
EDTA Heparin Citrate
how does citrate work and when do you use it
it binds and sequesters calcium needed for coagulation, it can be used for coagulation testing.
how can you cause coagulation with citrate
if you saturate it with calcium then the remaining calcium will allow for coagulation
how does EDTA work
it kelates calcium irreversibly
when do you use EDTA or heparin
if youre not worried about coagulation testing
what do you use for lab evaluation of oxygen transport
EDTA
what do you use for evaluating reticulocyte count
EDTA
What do you use to evaluate blood smear
EDTA
what do you use to evaluate differential count
EDTA
what do you use for flow cytometry evaluating inflammation/immunity component of blood
Heparin
what is a left shift
circulating immature granulocytes
what is toxic granulation
presence of toxic primary granules in a left shift
what are Dohle bodies
basophilic areas
what are these called and what are they
toxic granules presence of primary granules
what is this
Dohle body
areas of basophilia
what is leukoerythroblastosis
left shift + circulating nucleated red blood cells
what are these indicative of
leukoerythroblastosis