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Chapter 13- Blood System Flashcards

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1
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% of blood that is cells

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45

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% of blood that is plasma

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55

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color

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chrom/o

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clotting

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coagul/o

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blood

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hem/o ; hemat/o

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bone marrow

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myel/o

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varied/ irregular

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poikil/o

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all of the cells are different sizes

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poikilocytosis

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iron

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sider/o

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round, globe

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spher/o

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patient’s RBC are round

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spherocytosis

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clot

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thromb/o

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removal. carrying away

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-apheresis

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immature cell/ precursor

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-blast

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abnormal condition

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-cytosis

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protein

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-globin ; -globulin

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pertaining to the destruction of

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-lytic

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deficiency

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-penia

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attraction for

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-philia

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carrying transmission

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-phoresis

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putting electricity into the cell

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electrophoresis

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22
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protein that stimulates the growth of WBC, given to cancer patients to stimulate WBC

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CSF (colony stimulating factor)

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method of separating serum proteins by electrical charge

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electrophoresis

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removal of plasma from blood by centrifuge, collected cells are transfused into the donor

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plasmapheresis

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deficiency in erythrocytes or hemoglobin

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anemia

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life span of erythrocytes

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120 days

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most common type of anemia

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iron deficiency

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bone marrow fails to produce adequate numbers of peripheral blood elements
lack of RBC, WBC, and platelets
excess bleeding, tachycardic, dizzy
pallor
immunosuppression and bone marrow transplant

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Aplastic anemia

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general term of many anemias in which the RBCs have a shortened life
generally feel unwell, jaundice, splenomegaly, hemoglobinuria, reticulocytosis, prostration

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hemolytic anemia

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30
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most hemolysis occurs in the

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spleen

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31
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all cell types are lost

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pancytopenia

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32
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blood group incompatibility between mother and baby

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hemolytic disease of the newborn

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33
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two abnormal RBC membranes

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hereditary spherocytosis and elliptocytosis

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34
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spherical RBC

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spherocytosis

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megoloblastic anemia, lack of intrinsic factor from parietal cells in gastric mucosa. can’t absorb B12, RBC cant mature, irreversible damage to nerves

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pernicious anemia

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pallor, glossitis, anorexia, ataxia, decreased sense of vibration and position, dementia, neuropsychiatric changes

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pernicious anemia

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megaloblastic anemia, deficiency of folic acid

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folic acid deficiency anemia

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dietary insufficiency, medications, malabsorption, overall feeling crappy

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folic acid deficiency anemia

39
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hypochromic, microcytic, anisocytosis, caused by underlying condition

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iron deficiency anemia

40
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cells are all different sizes

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anisocytosis

41
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fatigue, tachycardia, pallor, brittle nails, ice pica, smooth tongue, cheilosis

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iron deficiency anemia

42
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abnormal craving for something that isn’t food

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pica

43
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inherited hemoglobinopathy, painful, crescent shaped RBC, recessive

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sickle cell anemia

44
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hypoxia, high altitude, acidosis, infections, dehydration

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affect sickle cell anemia

45
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jaundice, splenomegaly –> hyposplenism, pain, cardiomegaly, priapism,

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sickle cell anemia

46
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group of inherited disorders that effect synthesis of hemoglobin, hypochromic, microcytic RBC

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thalassemia

47
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Thalassemia prone in

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Mediterranean, Middle east, southeast asia

48
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excessive iron deposits throughout body, elevated liver functions, hepatomegaly, bronze hue, diabetes, cardiac failure, treatment by phlebotomy

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hemachromatosis

49
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general increase in RBC, hyperviscosity, phelebotomy or myelotoxic drugs as treatment

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polycythemia vera

50
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increase in RBC

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erythremia

51
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headaches, tinnitus, vertigo, epistaxis, bruising, upper GI bleed,sweating, spleno and hepatomegaly, bone tenderness

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Polycythemia vera

52
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inherited bleeding disorder secondary to clotting factor deficiency, easy bruising, hemorrhages, hemarthrosis

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hemophilia

53
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more common, not as severe as hemophilia, women who have had many miscarriages

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Von WIllebrand’s disease

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Christmas Disease

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Hemophilia B

55
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bleeding under the skin, bigger than petichiae, multiple pinpoint hemorrhages and accumulation of blood under the skin

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purpura

56
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large bluish bruise

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ecchymosis

57
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small pinpoint bruises

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petichiae

58
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decrease in platelets after infection, <100,000

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ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura)

59
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immature blood cells in the bone marrow and peripheral circulation producing neoplastic disorders, “blood cancer”

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leukemia

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lymphocytes predominate in leukemia

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lymphocytic

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myelocytes predominate in leukemia

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myelogenous

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chronic lymphocytic leukemia occurs in

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older patients

63
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acute lymphoplastic leukemia occurs in

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childhood

64
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diagnostic for chronic myelogenous leukemia

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Philadelphia chromosome

65
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bleeding, infection, gingival hypertrophy, joint pain, dyspnea, pallor, purpura, petechiae, stamtitis, lymphadenopathy

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leukemia

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leukemia treatment

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bone marrow transplant

67
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abnormal increase in granulocytes in blood, related to infectons

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granulocytosis

68
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caused by EBV, transmitted through saliva, long uncubation period,order antibody test, maculopapular rash, splenomegaly, very tired

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mononucleosis

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malignant tumor of the bone, malignancy of plasma cells, monoclonal protein in serum or urine, bone/spinal pain, pathologic fracture in 1/3, bleeding of nose and gums,

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multiple myeloma

70
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protein found in bones in multiple myeloma

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benz jones protein

71
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test detects antigen-antibody complexes on RBC membrane in vivo

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antiglobulin test/ coomb’s test

72
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measures the primary phase of hemostasis, checks for platelet function,best single screening test for platelet function

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bleeding time

73
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normal bleeding time

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<8 minutes

74
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time required for venous blood to clot in a test tube

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coagulation time

75
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normal coagulation time

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<15 minutes

76
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sedimentation occurs when the erythrocytes clump or aggregate together in a column like manner

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rouleaux formation

77
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another more expensive, more specific test, measuring sed rate that indicatesd if there’s an inflammation reaction going on

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CRP (C reactive protein)

78
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rate at which erythrocytes settle out of anticoagulated blood in 1 hour

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erythrocyte sedimentation rate

79
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percentage of RBC that goes hand in hand with hemoglobin, written in percentage

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hematocrit (Hct)

80
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hematocrit measure’s RBCs ___

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mass

81
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main component of erythrocytes, vehicle of transportation for O2 and CO2,

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hemoglobin

82
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very variable, “high swing zone” in this cell measurement

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platelet count

83
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one-stage clotting test screening for coagulation disorders, detects deficiencies of intrinsic thromboplastin system, end stage liver disease, used to monitor heparin

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platelet thromboplastin time, PTT

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tests ability of blood to clot, protein produced in the liver for clotting of blood, depends on K,used to evaluate Heparin and Coumadin

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Prothrombin time

85
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determines the total number of RBC in a _____ of blood

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microliter, cubic millimeter

86
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examines different variations, abnormalities, size, shape, structure, Hb content, staining

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RBC morphology

87
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define the size and Hb content of RBC and consist of

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RBC indicies
mean corpuscular volume
mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
mean corpuscular hemoglobin

88
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individual cell size is best index for classifying anemias, expresses volume occupied by a single erythrocyte and measure in cubic micrometers,

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MCV (mean corpuscular volume)

89
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measurement of WBC in mm3, useful to severity of disease

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WBC count

90
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increase in one type of leukocyte

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Leukocytosis . 11,000

91
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less than 4000 WBC

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leukopenia

92
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increase in immature cells, significant infection or leukemia,

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left shift

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