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What does white blood cell count and differential mean?
A white blood cell (WBC) count determines the concentration of white blood cells in the patient's blood. A differential determines the percentage of each of the five types of mature white blood cells.
What is the blood test in which the percent of each type of white blood cell is determined?
differential
WBC count with differential?
The white blood cell count and differential determine the number of white blood cells and the percentage of each type of white blood cell in a person's blood.
A special type of white blood cell count used as a diagnostic tool is known as?
differential white blood cell count
Estimation of the percentage of each white blood cell type in a smear is called a?
differential white blood cell count.
What is the normal percentage of neutrophils in a normal differential white blood count?
40-70%
What is a hematology lab test WDiff for?
differential distinguishes between mature and imature white blood cells and can detect abnormal cells. A differential is usual needed when a white blood cell count is low.
A count of white blood cells that provides information on the relative number of each WBC type is the?
Differential
What does the medical abbreviation cbc w diff mean?
Complete blood count with differential. Total leukocyte count gives the total number of white blood cells per microliter of blood. The differential count gives the percentage of the various types of white blood cells like neutrophils, lymphocyts and eosinophils.A CBC is a complete blood count.It contains:RBC - number of red blood cellsMCV - average volume of individual red blood cellsMCHC - average amount of hemoglobin per red blood cellRDW - the average size of the red blood cellHemoglobinHematocritWBC - number of white blood cells.If it is ordered with a differential, then they want the lab to break down the different types of white blood cells, such as neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, as monocytes.Different types of diseases cause a rise in the different types of WBCs, so a differential can often be useful in narrowing down a diagnosis.
What does dc mean on hospital form bloodtype b dc?
DC is differential count (means count for different types of White blood cell). It has nothing with blood types!
What is a CBCD lab test?
A CBCD is a complete blood count with a differential. This CBCD measures the five major white blood cells present.
What are high POLYS in a blood test result?
Polys are short for polymorphonuclear leukocytes also known as neutrophils. When someone has a blood test to test their differential white blood cell count and they results indicate high polys that the white blood cell count is high. White blood cells fight infection.
