Hematology
443 ASCP MLS practice questions in 39 topics. Each topic page shows its first questions with answers and explanations.
- Microcytic anemias: iron deficiency, thalassemia, sideroblastic, chronic inflammation30 questions
- Normocytic anemias: hereditary and acquired hemolytic, aplastic30 questions
- Differentials and morphology (blood and body fluids)25 questions
- Macrocytic anemias: megaloblastic and non-megaloblastic19 questions
- Physiology: coagulation pathways, fibrinolysis, vascular system19 questions
- Production: hematopoiesis and maturation18 questions
- Hemoglobin: qualitative (electrophoresis, HPLC, sickle solubility)14 questions
- Benign leukocyte disorders: myeloid and lymphoid13 questions
- Cell counts: spurious results13 questions
- Disease states: factor deficiencies (acquired and hereditary)13 questions
- Flow cytometry immunophenotyping (leukemia, lymphoma, subsets, PNH)13 questions
- Function: red cells, leukocytes, platelets, hemoglobin13 questions
- Lab: PT/INR, APTT, fibrinogen, thrombin time, D-dimer13 questions
- Myeloid neoplasms: acute myeloid leukemia13 questions
- Platelets: quantitative disorders (ITP, TTP, HIT, pseudothrombocytopenia)13 questions
- Cell counts: automated12 questions
- Hematocrit and red cell indices11 questions
- Lab: mixing studies and inhibitor assays11 questions
- Destruction: red cell lifespan and hemolysis10 questions
- Disease states: fibrinolytic system and DIC10 questions
- Lymphoid neoplasms: acute lymphoblastic leukemia10 questions
- Lymphoid neoplasms: chronic leukemias and lymphomas10 questions
- Myeloid neoplasms: myeloproliferative neoplasms10 questions
- Platelets: qualitative disorders (vWD, Bernard-Soulier, Glanzmann)10 questions
- Cell counts: manual (hemocytometer)9 questions
- Lab: platelet function, aggregation and thromboelastography8 questions
- Lab: factor assays and von Willebrand assays7 questions
- Cell counts: reticulocytes6 questions
- Disease states: hypercoagulable states6 questions
- Disease states: inhibitors6 questions
- Lab: anticoagulant monitoring (anti-Xa, direct thrombin inhibitors, heparin neutralization)6 questions
- Lab: hypercoagulability assays (lupus anticoagulant, protein C/S, HIT studies, molecular)6 questions
- Molecular and cytogenetic testing (WHO abnormalities, BCR::ABL1, JAK2)6 questions
- Erythrocytosis: relative and absolute5 questions
- Hereditary leukocyte anomalies5 questions
- Lymphoid neoplasms: plasma cell dyscrasias5 questions
- Myeloid neoplasms: myelodysplastic syndromes5 questions
- Other studies (ESR, G6PD, Heinz bodies)5 questions
- Special stains (esterase, MPO, Prussian blue, Kleihauer-Betke)5 questions