Complete Blood Count Test
The Complete Blood Count with Differential screens for blood abnormalities including red and white blood cells and platelets. Abnormal values have many possible causes including diseases of the blood as well as abnormalities of other organs systems. Significant deviations from the normal range may require further evaluation by your physician.
Private MD Lab Services offers the following complete blood count test:
The Complete Blood Count includes the following tests:
Evaluate anemia and loss of red cells and suspected polycythemic condition.
Decrease in RBC count may be the result of red cell loss by bleeding or hemolysis (intravascular or extravascular), failure of marrow production (due to a broad variety of causes), or may be secondary to dilutional factors (eg, intravenous fluids). Increase in RBC count may be the result of primary polycythemia (polycythemia vera) or secondary polycythemia (hypoxemia of lung or cardiovascular disease, increased erythropoietin production associated with renal cyst, renal cell carcinoma, cerebellar hemangioblastoma, or high O2 affinity hemoglobinopathy) including stress polycythemia (hemoconcentration associated with exercise, exertion, fright, etc).
White cell enumeration; identify leukopenia and leukocytosis.
