COMMON LABORATORY VALUES - Rochester, NY

COMMON LABORATORY

VALUES

STEPHANIE ZIELINSKI, CPNP, DNP

COMMON LABORATORY VALUES

? Laboratory tests are an integral part of every day

practice within health care.

? Lab work can help assess and diagnose patients with

both acute and chronic illness.

COMMON LABORATORY TESTS

? Complete Blood Count with Differential

? Basic Metabolic Profile

? Iron Studies (TIBC, Ferritin)

? Thyroid Studies (TSH, Free t4)

? Vitamin D

? Lipid Panel

COMMON LABORATORY TESTS

? Complete Blood Count with Differential aka ¡°CBC with

Diff¡±

? Components of a CBC with differential:

Total red blood cell count (RBC)

Hemoglobin (Hgb)

Hematocrit (Hct)

Mean Corpuscular volume (MCV)

Red blood cell distribution width (RDW)

Total white blood cell count (WBC)

A count (%) of each type of white blood cell (Neutrophils,

Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Eosinophils, Basophils)

? Platelet count

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(The Mayo Clinic, 2016; Up to Date, 2016)

COMMON LABORATORY TESTS

? What does each finding mean?

? Total red blood cell count (RBC)- The count of the

number of circulating red blood cells in 1 mm3 of

peripheral venous blood.

? Hemoglobin (Hgb)- The measure of the amount of Hgb

in the blood. Hgb constitutes over 90% of red blood cells.

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