Hematology Flashcards
What does a reticulocyte count assess?
Regeneration
What are granulocytes?
Neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils
What are the mononuclear cells?
Lymphocytes and monoctyes
What indicates there are immature neutrophils in circulation?
Left shift
Indicates there are more immature than mature neutrophils
Degenerative left shift
What does a degenerative left shift usually indicate?
Severe inflammation
Indicates that there is neutrophilia w/incr. # of band neutrophils
Regenerative left shift
What does a regenerative left shift indicate?
BM is responding to source of inflammation
Occurs d/t increased endogenous corticosteroids
Stress leukogram
Neutrophilia, lymphopenia, monocytosis, and eosinopenia
Stress leukogram
What is the most consistent findings of a stress leukogram?
Lymphopenia + mature neutrophilia
Monocytosis from cotricosteroids is fairly common in which species?
Dogs
What causes a stress leukogram?
Endogenous stress, hyperadrenocorticism, steroid administration
What other clin path changes can be seen with a stress leukogram?
Hyperglycemia, increased ALP
What is the typical pattern for a physiologic leukocytosis?
Mild neutrophilia and lymphocytosis
