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.

Table of Contents

• List of Tables
• List of Illustrations
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• CHAPTER 1: The Blood Film and Count
• Blood
• The blood film
• The blood count
• Normal ranges
• How to examine a blood film
• CHAPTER 2: Assessing Red Cells
• Assessing red cell number and distribution (anaemia, polycythaemia, rouleaux formation, red cell agglutination)
• Assessing red cell size (microcytosis, macrocytosis, anisocytosis)
• Assessing red cell shape (poikilocytosis)
• Assessing red cell colour (hypochromia, hyperchromia, anisochromasia, polychromasia)
• Detecting red cell inclusions (Pappenheimer bodies, basophilic stippling, Howell–Jolly bodies)
• The full blood count in red cell assessment
• CHAPTER 3: Assessing White Cells and Platelets
• Assessing white cell and platelet numbers
• Assessing neutrophil morphology
• Assessing lymphocyte morphology
• Assessing morphology of monocytes, eosinophils and basophils
• Assessing platelet morphology
• CHAPTER 4: Haematological Findings in Health and Disease
• The blood film and count in healthy individuals
• Abnormalities of red cells
• Abnormalities of white cells
• CHAPTER 5: Emergency Morphology: The Relevance of the Full Blood Count and Blood Film in Acute Illness
• Thrombocytopenia
• Thrombotic microangiopathy and microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia
• Other acute anaemia
• Kidney injury and disease
• Acute hepatic damage and liver failure
• Acute leukaemia
• Bacterial infection and other causes of leucocytosis
• Eosinophilia
• Lymphocytosis
• Malaria
• Neutropenia
• Pancytopenia and leucoerythroblastic blood films
• Neonatal emergencies