NURS 304 (NURS304)

Notes on Disorders of WBCs and Lymphoid Tissues: hematopoietic system and lymphoid tissue; blood; bone marrow; leukocytes - granulocytes and agranulocytes; factoids - pluripotent stem cells, lymphoid stem cell, myeloid stem cell, NK cell, T cell, plasma cell, monocyte, basophils, platelets, erythrocyte; WBCs - granulocytes: eosinophils, neutrophils, basophils; lymphocytes: B cells, T cells, NK cells; monocytes, macrophages; WBC count; HIV and T cells; WBC deficiencies; leukopenia; neutropenia - ...

Notes on inflammation: signs of acute inflammation; 5 cardinal signs of inflammation; the vascular stage - prostaglandins and leukotrienes; signs of swelling; cells of inflammation; leukocytes - granulocytes (neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, mast cells), monocytes, lymphocytes; cellular stage; leukocyte activation and phagocytosis; inflammatory mediators; exudate - serous, hemorrhagic, fibrous, membranous, purulent, pyogenic, abscess; chronic inflammation; granuloma; systemic manifestation o...