White Blood Cells - REVIEW DAY OF

Question 1

examples of granulocyte cells

Answer 1

• neutrophils
• band forms
• eosinophils
• basophils

Question 2

neutrophils also called

Answer 2

• PMNs
• polys
• segs

Question 3

the most common white cell is

Answer 3

• neutrophils

Question 4

band forms also called

Answer 4

• stabs

Question 5

band forms represent

Answer 5

• immature PMNs

Question 6

which is the most uncommon of all granulocytes

Answer 6

• basophils

Question 7

what is the largest white cell normally found in periphery

Answer 7

• monocyte

Question 8

what to do when the WBC is too high or too low

Answer 8

• order a WBC differential

Question 9

things that can cause neutrophilia

Answer 9

• CML
• leukocyte adhesion deficiency
• physiologic
• acute infections
• acute inflammation
• drugs
• smoking

CPLAADS

Question 10

physiologic causes of neutrophilia

Answer 10

• exercise
• pregnancy
• lactation
• neonates

Question 11

drugs that cause neutrophilia

Answer 11

• corticosteroids

- G-CSF

Question 12

most common cause of neutrophilia

Answer 12

• smoking

Question 13

things that cause neutropenia

Answer 13

• physiologic
• drugs
• chemotherapeutic agents
• immune

DICP

Question 14

physiologic causes of neutropenia

Answer 14

• in African Americans

Question 15

drugs that cause neutropenia

Answer 15

• anti-psychotics
• anti-epileptics
• anti-thyroid
• antibiotics

PETA

Question 16

immune causes of neutropenia

Answer 16

• lupus

- rheumatoid arthritis

Question 17

what is agranulocytosis

Answer 17

• absence or near complete absence of neutrophils in the peripheral blood

Question 18

platelet count of agranulocytosis

Answer 18

• normal

Question 19

hemoglobin of agranulocytosis

Answer 19

• normal

Question 20

agranulocytosis is almost always related to

Answer 20

• drugs

Question 21

drugs that induce agranulocytosis

Answer 21

• clozapine
• propythiouracil
• anti-convulsants
• sulfa and chloramphenicol
• levamisol-contaminated cocaine

SLAPC

Question 22

what does agranulocytosis cause

Answer 22

• severe necrotizing ulcers in the mouth and throat

- severe risk for life-threatening infection

Question 23

differential diagnosis of eosinophilia

Answer 23

• neoplasm
• allergy/asthma
• addision’s, athero-embolic disease
• collagen vascular disease
• parasites

NAACP

Question 24

causes of basophilia

Answer 24

• myeloproliferative disorders
• hypersensitive reactions
• thyroid disease

HTM

Question 25

causes of lymphocytosis

Answer 25

• viral and bacterial infections
• chronic lymphocytic leukemia

VBC

Question 26

causes of lymphopenia

Answer 26

• immunodeficiencies
• immunosuppressive drugs
• lymphomas
• granulomatous diseases

GILI

Question 27

immunodeficiencies that can cause lymphopenia

Answer 27

• HIV/AIDS

Question 28

immunosuppressive drugs that can cause lymphopenia

Answer 28

• corticosteroids

Question 29

granulomatous diseases that cause lymphopenia

Answer 29

• sarcoid

- TB

Question 30

cause of monocytosis

Answer 30

• myelodysplastic syndrome
• infections (bacterial, protozoal, rickettsial)
• leukemias
• MIL

Question 31

acquired defects in neutrophil function

Answer 31

• corticosteroid use
• alcoholism
• leukemias
• myelodysplasia
• myeloproliferative disorders

CALMM

Question 32

inherited neutrophil abnormalities

Answer 32

• LAD
• CGD
• Myeloperoxidase deficiency
• Chediak Higashi syndrome

LCMC