Lab Exam 2 Flashcards
stains used for retic ct
what shows up in retics?
supravital stain
new methylene blue
brilliant cresyl blue
crystal violet
reticulum
usually retics lose their reticulum within —– hours of leaving the BM
10
retic RR
adult
baby
adult —0.5-2.0%
baby —2.5-6.5%
absolute retic calc
absolute = %retics(RBC)
sudden retic increase 3-4 days after acute hemorrhage
retic shower
very high glucose can affect…
appearance of reticulum in retics
methylene blue will also stain…
HJ bodies
heinz bodies
how to count retics
- 100x
- miller ocular
- all RBCs in small square
- all retics in large square
- exactly consecutive fields
- stop when you reach 112 RBCs
- count 2 smears
47 retics = ——-% retics
4.7%
corrected retic takes into account that…
retics being released are sent into a smaller pool of blood in states of anemia
corrected retic calc
corrected retic = retic%(Hct/45)
normal Hct may also be taken from a table of norms
RPI calc
RPI = corrected retic/maturation time
maturation time from table
RPI takes into account that…
BM is releasing more retics than normal during anemia, and they take longer to mature in PB than normal retics, falsely elevating count
immature retic fraction (IRF) is used…
in place of RPI when performed on autoanalyzer
↑ IRF indicates…
may make ———- unnecessary
adequate BM response to anemia
cell recovery
transfusion
RET-He or CHr indicates…
equivalent to —– in RBCs
Hgb content of retics
MCH
hemoglobins migrate toward the ——
anode (+)
the most ———- charged hgbs are “fast”
negatively
controls the pH and carries the Hgbs through the gel medium
buffer
precipitates the Hgb into the gel to immobilize and prevent diffusion of bands
acid alcohol
allows visualization and densitometric scanning
stain
“fixes” stain to Hgb bands and washes stain from background
acetic acid
Hgb electro preferred sample
EDTA WB
alkaline gel and pH
cellulose acetate
8.4
acid gel and pH
citrate agar
6.0-6.2
if Hgbs cannot be fully identified with alkaline and acid gels, use ———- to ID
isoelectric focusing
uses gels with a pH gradient, and each Hgb migrates to point where pH is equal to pI
isoelectric focusing
alkaline gel buffer and stain
B2 buffer
blue stain
acid gel buffer and stain
maleic acid buffer
violet stain
A >97%
A2 1.5-3%
F <1%
normal
S 90%
F 10%
slight A2
no A
sickle cell disease
A 60%
S 40%
sickle cell trait
C 95%
F 5%
Hgb C disease
A 60%
C 40%
Hgb C trait
S 50%
C 50%
S/C disease
A most
A2 3.5-7%
F minor component
β thal minor