anemia
Interpretation of the Erythrocyte Count (Handouts)
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RBCs count
There are two methods for counting RBCs; 1) Automated method through the electronic blood cells counter. 2) Manual method using the hemocytometer. Electronic counter is more accurate than the hemocytometer method. The electronic counter is expensive, needs periodical maintenance. Maintenance of blood counter is very important; failure to do that will result in misleading results. … Read more
Anemia
Anemia is a blood disorder, it is not a disease, but it is a sign for a disease. Anemia is defined as the decrease in red blood cells count or hemoglobin concentration or both per unit volume of blood. This means that the decrease of either red blood cells count alone or hemoglobin concentration alone … Read more
Mean Corpuscular Values
Three values are calculated mathematically and used mainly to measure the average size of the RBC, average hemoglobin weight and percent of hemoglobin per individual erythrocyte. The mean corpuscular values are: – Mean corpuscular volume (MCV), MCV is obtained by dividing the value of packed cells volume (PCV) on the RBCs count, and then multiply … Read more
Hemoglobin concentration
Hemoglobin (Hb) is the red pigment that contained in the RBCs, its major function is to bind oxygen and transport it to the tissues and to bind CO2 and carry it back from the tissues to the lungs. Hemoglobin has the same life span of the RBCs, after the engulfing of old RBCs by the … Read more
Erythrocytes Sedimentation Rate
Definition: It is defined as the rate of sedimentation of erythrocytes in a column of anti-coagulated blood at a certain time. Methods: – Wintrobe method. – Westergreen method. Anticoagulant The type of the anticoagulant used for ESR is different according to the method used. EDTA is used for ESR that determined by wintrobe method. However, … Read more