Hematology and Oncology Book

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Peripheral Smear

Aka: Peripheral Smear, Peripheral Blood Film, Peripheral Blood Smear, Blood Film
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  1. See Also
    1. Complete Blood Count
    2. Bone Marrow Exam
  2. Technique: Staining
    1. Staining
      1. Avoid water contamination
      2. Romanowsky variants based on methylene blue and eosin
        1. Wright Stain (Sodium Bicarbonate)
        2. May-Grunwald-Giemsa Stain (acid bichromate)
    2. Slide evaluation
      1. Evaluate for adequate sample under 10x power
      2. Cell exam under oil immersion lens at 50x or higher
  3. Examination
    1. See Erythrocyte Morphology
    2. See Leukocyte Morphology
    3. See Platelet Morphology
  4. References
    1. Lee (1999) Wintrobe's Hematology, Lippincott, p. 23-25

Peripheral blood smear interpretation (C0430246)

Concepts Laboratory Procedure (T059)
SnomedCT 14768001, 143096002, 165695005
English Blood film examination, Peripheral blood smear interpretation, Peripheral blood film examination, Peripheral blood smear interpretation (procedure), Blood film
Spanish Blood film, interpretación de extendido de sangre periférica (procedimiento), interpretación de extendido de sangre periférica, interpretación de frotis de sangre periférica
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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