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The
basic CBC consideration for all anemias comes down to:
Quantity
vs Quality of the RBCs.
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Quantity
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Sufficient RBCs, and
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what's the total hemoglobin?
(Hgb, HCT)
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Quality of the RBCs
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Are they beat up? (RDW)
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Are they small or large? (MCV)
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Their hemoglobin content? (MCH,
MCHC)
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Do they contain funky stuff?
(abnormal hemoglobin, malaria, etc.)
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Turnover rate
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RBC life span and
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bone marrow capacity to make
RBCs (retic count).
Enough already, give me
an
example.
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