Hematology exam 4 MLT-MLS UAMS Study online at https://quizlet.com/_7ddstt 1. How can a blast be differentiated from a lymph? Nuclear Chromatin clumping 2. Which cell is usually seen in viral infections? Reactive Lymphocyte 3. Which cell is seen in parasitic infections? Eosinophils 4. Are plasma cells normally seen in peripheral blood? nope 5. What happens to hematocrit if a patient is dehydrated? Increase 6. What happens to hematocrit if a patient is hydrated? Decrease 7. If you notice 3 NRBCs on a newborn peripheral smear, is this normal or abnormal? normal (ref: 0-20) 8. If you notice 3 NRBCs on an adult peripheral smear, is this normal or abnormal? abnormal (ref: 0-5, should always include in count) 9. Are 60% lymphs found on a 6 month old peripheral smear considered normal? normal 10. Are 3% Blasts found in the peripheral blood of a newborn normal? abnormal 11. Are 3% blasts found on the peripheral blood of an adult considered normal or abnormal? abnormal 1 / 14 Hematology exam 4 MLT-MLS UAMS Study online at https://quizlet.com/_7ddstt 12. What may be seen in the blasts of AML? auer rods 13. Should Plasma cells be found in the peripheral blood? Not in a healthy patient. You will see these in: BM, lymph nodes, spleen unless patient has MM. 14. What is the expected platelet count on a patient with chemotherapy? Approximately 10,000/µL (incredibly low) 15. What is the platelet count of a patient with thrombocythemia? >1,000,000/µL 16. Neutrophilia increase in neutrophils Associated with bacterial infections, stress, tissue necrosis, inflammation and malignancies 17. Neutropenia decrease in neutrophils Associated with leukemia, chemotherapy, aplastic anemia, or infection 18. Relative lymph at birth 30. Relative lymph at 4-6 months 60 . Relative lymph at 4 years old 50!. Relative lymph at 6 years old 40". Relative lymph at 8 years old 30#. Eosinophilia 2 / 14 Hematology exam 4 MLT-MLS UAMS Study online at https://quizlet.com/_7ddstt increase in eosinophils Associated with allergies, parasitic infections, some leukemias 24. Basophilia increase in basophils Associated with CML and other myeloproliferative disorders 25. Monocytosis increase in monocytes Associated with leukemias, bacterial infections, and rickettsial infections 26. Toxic granulation What morphological anomaly is this leukocyte displaying?