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.
Defense Cells in the Blood: The Leukocytes. Fundamental Statements for this Learning Object: 1. The complete blood count (CBC) is a laboratory test that, among other things, detemines the total number of both leukocytes and erythrocytes per ml of blood.2. In general, an elevated WBC count (leukocytosis) is seen in infection, inflammation, leukemia, and parasitic infestations.. Monocytes differentiate into macrophages (def) and dendritic cells (def) when they leave the blood and enter the tissue. Macrophages and dendritic cells are very important in phagocytosis and serve as antigen-presenting cells (def) in the adaptive immune responses (see below).