Guest guest Posted December 12, 2002 Report Share Posted December 12, 2002 " In a differential count, the presence of many band cells and their pecusors is known as a shift to the left and indicates infection. A shift to the right describes the presence of mature, hypersegmented neutrophils that have more nuclear segments than normal; his commonly occurs with pernicious anemia and hepatic disease. Increased band cells and low total WBC count reflect bone marrow depression (as in typhoid fever), known as a degenerative shift. A regenerative shift implies stimulation of the bone marrrow (as in pneumonia and appendicitis and may be noted by increased band cels, metamyelocytes and myelocytes together with a high WBC count. " from my nursing implications of Diagnostic tests,procedures ...... -- ~~Pattie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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