05444cam a2200589Mi 4500 ocn895431220 OCoLC 20171026085327.0 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 141115t20142015enka ob 001 0 eng d 9781118817322 (electronic bk.) 111881732X (electronic bk.) 9781118817308 1118817303 NZ1 15913260 GBVCP 863147038 DEBBG BV043397296 (OCoLC)895431220 (OCoLC)899276095 EBLCP eng rda pn EBLCP HEBIS DG1 YDXCP CUS OCLCF OCLCQ S3O DEBBG MAIN RB145 612.1/1 20 Bain, Barbara J., author. Blood cells : a practical guide / Barbara J. Bain. [electronic resource] Fifth edition. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons, [2014] ©2015 1 online resource (ix, 504 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Non-haemopoietic cells. Includes bibliographical references and index. Blood Cells; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; About the companion website; Chapter 1 Blood sampling and blood film preparation and examination; Obtaining a blood specimen; Peripheral venous blood; 'Capillary blood'; Cord blood; Fetal blood sampling; Obtaining a blood specimen from other sites; Anticoagulant and specimen container; Guidelines; Needle-prick injury; Specimen mixing; Making a blood film; Manual spreading of a blood film on a glass slide (wedge-spread film); Other methods of spreading thin films Automated spreading of blood films; Thick films. Unstained wet preparationsFixation, staining and mounting; Fixation; Staining; Mounting; Storage of slides; Setting up and using a microscope; Identifying the source of a problem and preventing problems; Examining a blood film; References; Chapter 2 Performing a blood count; Basic techniques; Haemoglobin concentration; Packed cell volume; The red cell count; Derived red cell variables -- red cell indices; The white cell count; The platelet count; The differential white cell count; The reticulocyte count; Units and approved abbreviations; Automated image analysis. Pattern-recognition automated differential countersAutomated blood cell counters; Principles of operation of automated haematology counters; Beckman-Coulter instruments; Five-part differential Beckman-Coulter instruments including LH 750 and LH 780; Sysmex and other instruments incorporating impedance measurements; Siemens instruments (previously Technicon then Bayer instruments); Abbott (Cell-Dyn) instruments; Horiba ABX instruments; Nihon Kohden instruments; Mindray instruments; Automated reticulocyte counts and reticulated platelet counts; Near-patient testing; Non-invasive methods. Storage of blood specimens prior to testingReferences; Chapter 3 Morphology of blood cells; Examining the blood film; Storage-induced and other artefacts; Erythrocytes; Anisocytosis; Microcytosis; Macrocytosis; Hypochromia; Hyperchromia; Anisochromasia; Dimorphism; Polychromasia; Poikilocytosis; Inclusions in erythrocytes; Circulating nucleated red blood cells; Red cell agglutination, rouleaux formation and red cell rosetting; Leucocytes; Granulocytes; The neutrophil; The eosinophil; The basophil; Lymphocytes and plasma cells; The lymphocyte; The plasma cell; Cells of monocyte lineage. The monocyteMonocyte precursors; The macrophage; Granulocyte precursors; The myeloblast; The promyelocyte; The myelocyte; The metamyelocyte; Leucoerythroblastic blood films; The mast cell; Disintegrated cells; Necrotic bone marrow cells; Platelets and circulating megakaryocytes; Platelets; Abnormalities of platelet size; Other abnormalities of platelet morphology and distribution including platelet aggregation and satellism; Megakaryocytes; Abnormal megakaryocytes and megakaryoblasts; Blood film in healthy subjects; Healthy adult; Infancy and childhood; Neonate; Hyposplenism. Enables both the haematologist and laboratory scientist to identify blood cell features, from the most common to the more obscureProvides essential information on methods of collection, blood film preparation and staining, together with the principles of manual and automated blood countsCompletely revised and updated, incorporating much newly published information: now includes advice on further tests when a specific diagnosis is suspected400 high quality photographs to aid with blood cell identificationHighlights the purpose and clinical relevance of haematology laboratory tests throughout. Print version record. Blood cells. Blood cell count. Blood cell count. fast (OCoLC)fst00834677 Blood cells. fast (OCoLC)fst00834680 Blod. sao Celler. sao Electronic books. Print version: Bain, Barbara J. Blood Cells : A Practical Guide. Hoboken : Wiley, ©2014 9781118817339 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118817322 Wiley Online Library ddc BK 207755 207755