Dilaudid is the brand name of the drug hydromorphone, which is used to relieve pain. This medicine is in a class of drugs called opiate analgesics. It works by changing the way the brain and nervous system respond to pain. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved hydromorphone in 1984.
Vacuolization may be present in a cell that has recently phagocytized foreign matter. A monocyte count is part of a complete blood count and is expressed either as a ratio of monocytes to the total number of white blood cells counted, or by absolute numbers. Both may be useful in determining or refuting a possible diagnosis. Monocytosis is the state of excess monocytes in the peripheral blood.
Absolute neutrophil count. Absolute neutrophil count: An absolute neutrophil count is a blood test that measures the total number of white blood cells (leukocytes) in 1 cubic millimeter of blood; also determined is the differential, or the amount of neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils in the blood.