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Getting started
The Basics
Reactive changes
Sources
of Error
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The
WBC count and percentages can change dramatically.
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Reaction to infection or tissue
necrosis.
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bacterial, viral, fungal,
mycobacterial infections
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myocardial infarction and other
conditions leading to cell death and necrosis.
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Malignant or benign proliferative
bone marrow disorders.
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Bone marrow failure.
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"space occupying" lesions
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nutrient deficit
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leukemias
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Sequestration or peripheral
destruction.
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splenic hypertrophy (Felty's
syndrome)
But keep in mind two important
aspects of blood count interpretation.
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Quality (are the cells
healthy) vs quantity (numbers of cells)
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And, do the numbers jive with
the
clinical situation.
How about some specific
examples?
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