Hematology and Oncology Book

//fpnotebook.com/

Complete Blood Count

Aka: Complete Blood Count, CBC
  1. Efficacy
    1. Complete Blood Count is over-utilized in acute infectious illness
      1. Does not distinguish Sepsis, Septic Joint, Bacterial Meningitis, Appendicitis, Diverticulitis, occult Bacterial Infection
      2. CBC is the “Last Bastion of the Intellectually Destitute” (Amal Mattu)
    2. References
      1. Cruz (2017) JAMA Pediatr 171(11):e172927 +PMID: 28892537 [PubMed]
      2. Pediatric EM Morsels (Fox)
        1. https://pedemmorsels.com/wbc-count-fever/
  2. Physiology
    1. See Bone Marrow
    2. Bone Marrow produces stem cell lines
      1. Myeloid lines
        1. Erythroblasts (develop into erythrocytes)
        2. Myeloblasts (develop into Granulocytes)
        3. Megakaryocyte (develop into platelets)
      2. Lymphocytic lines
        1. Lymphoblasts (develop into Lymphocytes)
  3. Technique: Specimen
    1. Specimen rejected if clotted
      1. Immediately mix specimen 10 times by gently inversion
    2. Tube type: Lavender or Purple Top
    3. Volume
      1. Adults: 3 ml (1 ml minimum)
      2. Children: 1 ml (0.3 ml in pediatric micro-container)
  4. Lab: Components
    1. White Blood Cell Count
      1. Neutrophil Count
      2. Lymphocyte Count
      3. Eosinophil Count
      4. Basophil Count
      5. Monocyte Count
    2. Red Blood Cell Count
    3. Hemoglobin
    4. Hematocrit
    5. Erythrocyte Indices
      1. Mean Corpuscular Volume
      2. Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)
      3. Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin
    6. Red Cell Distribution Width
    7. Platelet Count

Complete Blood Count (C0009555)

Definition (NCI) The determination of the number of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in a blood sample.
Definition (NCI_NCI-GLOSS) A test to check the number of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in a sample of blood.
Concepts Laboratory Procedure (T059)
MSH D001772
SnomedCT 142816008, 165409003, 142820007, 26604007
LNC LP96793-2
English Blood Counts, Complete, Complete Blood Counts, Count, Complete Blood, Counts, Complete Blood, Full blood count, Full blood count NOS, Complete Blood Count, CBC (complete blood count), complete blood count (CBC), complete blood count (CBC) (lab test), Full Blood Count, FBC, blood test full count, Test;full blood count, complete blood count test (CBC), complete blood counts, full blood count test, Full blood count NOS (procedure), Full blood count (procedure), blood cell count, complete blood count, CBC, FBC - Full blood count, Complete blood count, Complete blood count (procedure), Complete blood count, NOS, CBC, NOS, Blood Cell Count, Blood Count, Complete, full blood count
German grosses Blutbild, CBC, komplettes Blutbild, FBC, Blutzellzählung, vollständige, Blutbild, Gesamt-, Gesamtblutbild
Italian Emocromo completo, Esame emocromocitometrico, Conta completa delle cellule del sangue
Dutch volledige bloedtelling, volbloedtelling, Bloedceltelling, complete
French NFS, Formule sanguine complète, FSC (formule sanguine complète), Numération-formule sanguine complète, Hémogramme complet, Numération sanguine complète, NFS complète, Numération globulaire complète, Examen hématologique complet, Numération-formule sanguine
Portuguese Hemograma total, Hemograma completo, Hemograma Completo, Contagem sanguínea completa
Spanish Recuento sanguíneo completo, RSC, Recuento Completo de Sangre, Full blood count NOS, hemograma completo, SAI, hemograma completo, SAI (procedimiento), hemograma completo (procedimiento), hemograma completo, recuento sanguíneo completo, Hemograma completo
Japanese 全血球数, ＣＢＣ, ｾﾞﾝｹｯｷｭｳｽｳ, CBC
Czech Celkový krevní obraz, Kompletní krevní obraz, krevní panel
Hungarian CBC, Teljes vérkép, FBC
Norwegian Komplett blodcelletelling
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


You are currently viewing the original 'fpnotebook.com\legacy' version of this website. Internet Explorer 8.0 and older will automatically be redirected to this legacy version.

If you are using a modern web browser, you may instead navigate to the newer desktop version of fpnotebook. Another, mobile version is also available which should function on both newer and older web browsers.

Please Contact Me as you run across problems with any of these versions on the website.

Navigation Tree