The Advantages of Seawalls Seawalls are vertical or almost vertical structures that parallel the ocean shoreline. These walls are usually massive concrete structures meant to help prevent storm surge flooding as well as upland erosion of residential areas near the shoreline.
Leukocytosis. Leukocytosis is defined as a condition where the white blood cell (WBC) count is increased. Symptoms of leukocytosis results in the abnormal increase in WBC count.
Leukocytosis, or elevated WBC count, is a commonly encountered laboratory finding. Distinguishing malignant from benign leukocytosis is a critical step in the care of a patient, which initiates a vastly different decision tree. Confirmation of the complete blood cell count and the WBC differential is the first step.