WBC & Plt Flashcards by Elizabeth Sager | Brainscape

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Which WBC is the first responder in the blood that will chemotax to injury/inflammation and phagocytize?

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Neutrophils

Make up 40-70% of all WBCs

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Which WBCs are the main component of the lymph system and what are their respective jobs

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B lymphocytes: release Abs
T lymphocytes: helpers
NK: lyse infected cells

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Which WBCs are responsible for phagocytosis, Ag presentation, and cytokine production

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Monocytes/proto-macrophages

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Which WBCs reside in the thymus, colon, ovaries, uterus, spleen, and lymph nodes and release enzymes & cytokines

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Eosinophils

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Which WBCs degranulate via IgE releasing histamine & heparin and contribute to inflammation & allergy

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Basophils

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Describe the etiology/cause of neutropenia

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Describe the etiology of neutropenic fever

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Describe the treatment for neutropenia & neutropenic fever

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Describe the etiology of lymphocytopenia and the treatment

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Describe the etiology & treatment of neutrophilia

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Describe the etiology of lymphocytosis

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Describe the etiology of thrombocytopenia

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Describe the presentation & workup for thrombocytopenia

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Describe the etiology of ITP

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Describe the etiology of TTP

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Describe the treatment of ITP

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Describe the etiology of DIC

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Describe the labs for DIC

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Describe the etiology of HIT (heparin induced thrombocytopenia)

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Describe the presentation of HIT

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Describe the diagnostic testing/labs for HIT

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Describe the etiology of thrombocytosis

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Describe the presentation of thrombocytosis

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Does petechiae/purpura blanch

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NO