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Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Clinically significant ... of peripheral blood ... cultures, including blood ... likelihood of negative clinical ... CBC #hematology #pathophysiology
Sickle cells
These photos show sickle cells on peripheral blood smears. In the left photo target cells
on peripheral blood ... trait do very well clinically ... anemia. ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood
Schistocytes - The arrows point to schistocytes which are fragmented red blood cells. Also called schizocytes,
fragmented red blood ... are one of the abnormal ... In the right photo ... uremic syndromes, and ... #Clinical #Path
Age Related Macular Degeneration: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Photoreceptor atrophy 
-> Extracellular debris (drusen) from RPE atrophy/metabolism
clinical findings ... fundoscopy -> New abnormal ... blood under the ... RPE -> Loss of photo ... MacularDegeneration #pathophysiology
Spherocytes - The arrow points to one of many spherocytes in this photo. The cells have
spherocytes in this photo ... loss of normal ... hemolytic anemias ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
- Pathophysiology ... the Journal of Clinical ... reasoning during clinical ... pseudoanemia is a normal ... Hospitalization #causes #pathophysiology
Howell-Jolly Body - On these Wright-stained peripheral blood smears the small dark spheres within red cells
Wright-stained peripheral blood ... DNA which, under normal ... in the right photo ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood