Hematology is the science or study of blood, blood-forming organs and blood diseases. In the medical field, hematology includes the treatment of blood disorders and malignancies, including types of hemophilia, leukemia, lymphoma and sickle-cell anemia. Want to be an Hematologist? Take this quiz!
A false increase in Hct value
A false decrease in Hct value
No effect on Hct value
All of the above depending on the patient
Anisocytosis
Hypochromia
Poikilocytosis
Pleocytosis
Iliac crest
Sternum
Tibia
Spinous processes of the vertebra
(Hgb/RBC)x10
(Hct/RBC)x10
(Hct/Hgb)x100
(Hgb/RBC)x100
Poikilocytosis
Anisocytosis
Hypochromia
Polychromasia
9.5% (.095)
10.4% (.104)
31.9% (.319)
33.3% (.333)
0.4x10^9/L
2.5x10^9/L
4.0x10^9/L
8.0x10^9/L
Spherocyte
Leptocyte
Schistocyte
Siderocyte
RBC count
Hemoglobin
Hct
WBC count
1.68 x 10^12/L
3.36 x 10^12/L
4.47 x 10^12/L
6.66 x 10^12/L
Eosinophils
Lymphocytes
Platelets
Neutrophils
1.4%
3.1%
3.5%
14%
Sickle cell anemia
Hereditary spherocytosis
Hemolytic disease of the newborn
Acquired hemolytic anemia
Red cells would be stained too pink
White cell cytoplasm would be stained too blue
Red cells would be stained too blue
Red cells would lyse on the slide
Basophilic stippling
Heinz bodies
Howell Jolly bodies
Siderotic granules
MCV
MCH
MCHC
Red cell distribution width (RDW)
Platelets
Reticulocytes
Sickle cells
Nucleated red blood cells
Microcytic, hypochromic
Microcytic, normochromic
Normocytic, normochromic
Normocytic, hypochromic
Blood drawn in a sodium citrate tube
Anisocytosis, poikilocytosis
Plasma proteins
Caliber of the tube
Immunofluorescence
Supravital staining
Romanowsky staining
Cytochemical staining
Isotonic solutions conduct electricity better than cells do
Conductivity varies proportionally to the number of cells
Cells conduct electricity better than saline does
Isotonic solutions cannot conduct electricity
The WBC count would be falsely lower
The RBC count is too low
Nucleated RBC's are counted as leukocytes
Nucleated RBC's are confused with giant platelets
Spherocytosis
Anisocytosis
Leukocytosis
Presence fo NRBCs
MCV 76 um^3 MCH 19.9 pg MCHC 28%
MCV 90 um^3 MCH 30.5 pg MCHC 32.5%
MCV 80 um^3 MCH 36.5 pg MCHC 39%
MCV 81 um^3 MCH 29 pg MCHC 34%
Mean
Median
Coefficient of variation
Standard deviation
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