The third edition of this popular pocket book, A Beginner's Guide to Blood Cells written by Professor Barbara Bain, provides a concise introduction to normal and abnormal blood cells and blood counts for trainees in haematology. _ Includes a brand new chapter on emergency morphology, designed to make the clinical significance and urgency of certain laboratory findings clear for biomedical scientists and to assist trainee haematologists in the recognition of major clinically important abnormalities _ Contains exceptional full colour images throughout _ Introduces important basic concepts of…mehr
The third edition of this popular pocket book, A Beginner's Guide to Blood Cells written by Professor Barbara Bain, provides a concise introduction to normal and abnormal blood cells and blood counts for trainees in haematology. _ Includes a brand new chapter on emergency morphology, designed to make the clinical significance and urgency of certain laboratory findings clear for biomedical scientists and to assist trainee haematologists in the recognition of major clinically important abnormalities _ Contains exceptional full colour images throughout _ Introduces important basic concepts of hematology, setting haematological findings in a clinical context _ Provides a fully updated self-assessment section _ An essential resource for trainee haematologists, biomedical scientists, and biomedical science and medical students
PROFESSOR BARBARA BAIN, MB BS, FRACP, FRCPath, Professor of Diagnostic Haematology, St Mary's Hospital Campus, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Consultant Haematologist, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
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Preface vii
Abbreviations viii
1 The Blood Film and Count 1
Blood 1
The blood film 1
The blood count 17
Normal ranges 20
How to examine a blood film 22
2 Assessing Red Cells 29
Assessing red cell number and distribution (anaemia polycythaemia rouleaux formation red cell agglutination) 29
Assessing red cell size (microcytosis macrocytosis anisocytosis) 32
Assessing red cell shape (poikilocytosis) 32
Assessing red cell colour (hypochromia hyperchromia anisochromasia polychromasia) 32
