A patient is admitted for an infected leg wound. The nurse notes that the patient's band count on the CBC and differential is elevated. This finding would indicate which of the following?
1. The patient could be developing sepsis.
2. The patient is healing.
3. The leg wound is caused by a parasite.
4. The patient has lymphoma in addition to a leg wound.
The patient could be developing sepsis.
Rationale: Bands are immature neutrophils that, when elevated, indicate a large bacterial infection or sepsis. Elevated bands do not mean that the patient is healing. If the wound were caused by a parasite, the eosinophils would be elevated. Lymphocytes are elevated in a patient diagnosed with lymphoma in addition to an infection. This patient's bands were elevated.
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