Blood -Schoenwald Flashcards
Sensitivity
Ability of a test to identify positive results in pts who actually have a disease. Higher the sensitivity the lower the chance of a false negative
Specificity
Assesses the portion of true negatives. If a test is positive it is highly likely that a person has a disease. The lower the specficity the higher the chance for a false positive.
White blood cell normal range
4,000- 10,500
Causes of an increase in WBC
inflammation, bacterial infection, leukemia, and some meds.
Causes of a decrease in WBC
some viral infections, chemotherapy, and bone marrow suppression.
Margination of granulocytes
when they are not actively working. they will go into cell walls until they are needed again
Left shift
when there are more than 8-10% increase in the number of bands present
What can cause hypersegmentation
vitamin B12 deficiency, folic acid deficiency
Six causes of Neutrophilia
Bacterial infection, some viral , stress, inflammatory disease, metabolic disorders, drugs
Five causes of Neutropenia
Bacterial infection, Viral infection, hypersplenism, chemo, lupus
Bacterial infections that cause neutropenia
Typhoid, tularemia, brucellosis
Viral causes of Neurtopenia
Hepatitis , influ, enza, measles, mumps, rubella, mono
Bacterial causes of lymphocytosis
pertusis, brucellosis
Viral cause of lymphocytosis
hepatitis, mono, mumps. CMV
Metabolic causes of lymphocytosis
hyperadrenalism, hyperthroidism
Chronic inflammatory causes of lymphocytosis
Ulcerative colitis, serum sickness, ITP
Immonodeficiency causes lymphocytopenia
HIV, congenital defects of cell mediated immunity, immunosuppressive medications
illness that cause lymphocytopenia
CHF, renal failure, advanced TB
Adrenal corticosteroid exposure causes of lymphocytopenia
predisone, ACTH producing pituitary hormones, adrenal gland hyperactivity
infections that cause Monocytosis
TB, bacterial endocarditis, hepatitis, syphilis