A Routine CBC Is Ordered on a Patient

question 34

Multiple Choice

A routine CBC is ordered on a patient.Results are as follows: WBC count: 22.0 × 10⁹/L
PLT: 957 × 10⁹/L
RBC: 5.00 × 10¹²/L
PB smear: moderate platelet clumping and giant platelets noted
These results are characteristic of which disorder?

• A)PMF
• B)ET
• C)PV
• D)CML

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Definitions:

Confidence Level

The probability that the value of a parameter falls within a specified range of values.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of all the data points in a population dataset.

Interval Estimate

A range of values derived from sample data that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a statistic based on all possible random samples that can be drawn from a population.