Blood smear examination.
Despite recent advances in the automation of clinical hematology laboratories, a careful microscopic examination of an appropriately prepared and stained blood smear continues to maintain its status as the most informative and useful diagnostic procedure, and offers a simple, reliable means of verifying results generated by automated analyzers. A systematic approach to a comprehensive evaluation of blood cells and related findings is described.
Gulati
G L
GL
Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Hyun
B H
BH
D001772:Blood Cell Count; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology; D008853:Microscopy; D013194:Staining and Labeling