HEMA Flashcards
Anticoagulant of choice for platelet coagulation studies
Citrate
A structure found in WBCs that can be used to determine the sex of an individual?
Barr body
All of the statements are true regarding platelets except:
It came from the MEGAKARYOCYTE NUCLEUS
The APTT reagent consists of two components which are:
Platelet substitute and an activator
The smallest leukocyte is:
Lymphocyte
Another name for juveniles
Metamyelocyte
Diluent for WBC count
None
1 % ammonium oxalate in distilled water is a type of diluent for what type of a cell count
Platelet
All of the following are consistent with leukemoid reaction except:
Auer rods - AML
Which of these EDTA concentrations is recommended for complete anticoagulation without cellular alteration
1.5 mg/dL
High molecular weight kininogen is also known as:
Fitzgerald factor
The activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) is used as a screen for the laboratory evaluation of inherited or acquired deficiencies in the:
Intrinsic pathway of coagulation cascade
Based on the following data, what is the most likely factor deficiency?
PT Normal
APTT Prolonged
APTT + normal plasma Correction
APTT + adsorbed plasma No correction
APTT + aged serum Correction
Factor IX
Calculate the WBC count if blood is drawn to the 1.0 mark in a WBC diluting pipette and a total of 150 WBCs are counted in 4 large squares?
3.75x10^9?L
A 50-year-old woman who has been receiving bulsufan for 3 years for chronic myelogenous leukemia becomes anemic. Laboratory tests reveal
Acute lymphocytic anemia
The recommended type of microscopy for the performance of manual platelet count is?
Phase contrast
To evaluate normal platelet numbers in an appropriate area of a blood smear, approximately how many platelets, should be observed per oil immersion field?
8-20
A patient has a history of mild hemorrhagic episodes. Laboratory results include a prolonged prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time. The abnormal prothrombin time was corrected by normal and adsorbed plasma, but not aged serum. Which of the following coagulation factors is deficient?
Factor V
The abnormal APTT seen in pathological circulating anticoagulant is:
Not corrected with any of the above
Which of the following laboratory resukts would be seen in a patient with acute disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)?
Prolonged PT, Decreased fibrinogen, decreased platelet count, increased FDP