FA_PERIPHERAL SMEAR

EDTA concentration in purple capped tube

• 0.5 mg/ml of blood

• 1.5 mg/ml of blood

• 2.5mg/ml of blood

• 3.5mg/ml of blood

Which is not a romanowsky stain

• MAY GRUNWALD GEIMSA

• LEISHMANS

• JASWANT SINGH BATTACHARJI

• None of above

Optimal PH of buffer water used in Leishman staining of peripheral smear

• 6.8

• 7

• 7.2

• 8

Which is not a component of Leishman stain

• Methylene blue

• Methylene violet

• Acetone free methanol

• Eosin Y

Name the acidic dye present in Leishman stain

• Methylene blue

• Methylene violet

• Azure B

• Eosin Y

Not a Cause for Microcytic hypochromic anemia

• IDA

• Thalassemia

• Myelodysplastic syndrome

• Sideroblastic anemia

Target cells not seen in

• Hemolytic disease of newborn

• Post Spleenectomy

• Severe IDA

• Thalassemia major

RBC Findings related to Hemolytic anemia

• Schistiocytes

• Bite cells

• Nucleated RBC

• All of the above

TOTAL IRON BINDING CAPACITY decreased in Iron deficiency anemia & increased in Anemia of chronic disease

• True

• False

Not a feature of megaloblastic anemia

• Macro-ovulocytes

• Hypocellular Bone marrow

• Hypersegmented neutrophils

• MCV -102