Hematological Evaluation and Diagnosis

Hematological Evaluation and Diagnosis — Internal Medicine

How it begins

Comprehensive treatment of diagnostic methodology in hematology: guided history and examination, complete blood count with its indices, reticulocyte count, systematic reading of the peripheral blood smear, study of hemostasis, hemolytic tests, hemoglobin electrophoresis, bone marrow study and flow cytometry — with its clinical correlations and integrated interpretation.

What it covers

1. Approach to the Hematological Patient
2. · 1.1 Directed Hematological History
3. · 1.2 Oriented Physical Examination
4. · 1.3 The Major Hematological Syndromes
5. Complete Blood Biometry
6. · 2.1 Variables, Units and Reference Values
7. · 2.2 Reading the Red Series
8. · 2.3 Reading the White Series
9. · 2.4 Reading the Platelet Series
10. · 2.5 Analyzer Interferences and Artifacts
11. Erythrocyte Indices
12. · 3.1 Definition and Formulas
13. · 3.2 Morphological Classification of Anemia
14. The Reticulocyte Count
15. · 4.1 Count Correction: the IPR
16. · 4.2 Interpretation: Regenerative vs Arregenerative
17. The Peripheral Blood Smear
18. · 5.1 Alterations of the Red Series in the Smear
19. · 5.2 White Series in the Smear
20. · 5.3 Platelets in the Smear
21. Sedimentation Rate and Reactants
22. The Study of Hemostasis
23. · 7.1 Primary Hemostasis
24. · 7.2 Coagulation: PT, aPTT and TT
25. · 7.3 Fibrinolysis and D-Dimer
26. · 7.4 Algorithm for the Patient with Bleeding
27. The Study of Hemolysis
28. Study of Iron and Vitamin B12 / Folate
29. · 9.1 Ferrous Profile
30. · 9.2 Study of B12 and Folate
31. Electrophoresis and Hemoglobin Study
32. The Study of the Bone Marrow
33. · 11.1 Aspirate vs Biopsy
34. · 11.2 Complementary Techniques
35. Diagnostic Integration