MLAB 1415Hematology
Anemia
Learning Objectives
At the end of this unit, the student should be able to:
- Define anemia.
- List 2 laboratory values used to assess anemia and state their reference values for adult males and females.
- Define hematocrit.
- Classify severe and moderate anemia by hemoglobin values.
- List 8 causes of anemia.
- List 10 diagnostic laboratory tests for anemia.
- List and define the parameters of the CBC (complete blood count) used to diagnose anemia.
- State the “rule of three” to hemoglobin and hematocrit.
- Perform calculations for RBC indices and state their reference ranges.
- Classify anemia by cell size and hemoglobin content.
- Define anisocytosis, poikilocytosis, hypochromic, normochromic, microcytic, normocytic and macrocytic.
- Classify anemias by morphology and RBC indices and list possible causes of each.
- State the reticulocyte reference range for adults and children.
- State the usefulness of the reticulocyte, the calculation of the corrected reticulocyte count, the calculation of the reticulocyte production index and the purpose for correction.
- Describe grading scale for evaluating anisocytosis and poikilocytosis.
- List and define size variations in red cells, their causes and conditions in which they are seen.
- List and define stain variations in red cells, their causes and conditions in which they are seen.
- List and define shape variations in red cells, their causes and conditions in which they are seen.
- List and define variations in red cell distribution, their causes and conditions in which they are seen.
- List and define RBC inclusions, their causes in which they are seen and state the name of the stain used to identify each.
- Recognize clinical symptoms of anemia.
- Cite the most common type of anemia encountered in the clinical laboratory.
- Differentiate between a siderocyte and a siderblast.
10/2/2018