Beginner's Guide to Blood Cells

The third edition of this popular pocket book, A Beginner’s Guide to Blood Cells written by Professor Barbara Bain, provides a concise introduction to normal and abnormal blood cells and blood counts for trainees in haematology. Includes a brand new chapter on emergency morphology, designed to make the clinical significance and urgency of certain laboratory findings clear for biomedical scientists and to assist trainee haematologists in the recognition of major clinically important abnormalities Contains exceptional full colour images throughout Introduces important basic concepts of hematology, setting haematological findings in a clinical context Provides a fully updated self-assessment section An essential resource for trainee haematologists, biomedical scientists, and biomedical science and medical students


Preface vii Abbreviations viii 1 The Blood Film and Count 1 2 Assessing Red Cells 29 3 Assessing White Cells and Platelets 45 Assessing white cell and platelet numbers 45 Assessing neutrophil morphology 46 Assessing lymphocyte morphology 51 4 Haematological Findings in Health and Disease 55 The blood film and count in healthy individuals 55 Abnormalities of red cells 56 5 Emergency Morphology: The Relevance of the Full Blood Count and Blood Film in Acute Illness 97 Thrombocytopenia 97 6 Self ]assessment 125 Index 143