Decreased level
White cell count(total ) / Adult 3-11 KU/L /
- Pregnancy
- Exercise
- Leukaemia
- Trauma
- Infections
- Early leukaemia
- Bone marrow dis.
- Drugs
- Idiopathic
4-10x109/l *
Red cell count (RBC) / Male 4.5-6.5 M/UL
Female 3.8-5.8 M/UL /
- Polycythaemia
- Dehydration
- Low O2 tension (smoking, high attitude)
- Anaemia
- Fluid overload
- Bone marrow failure
- Renal diseases
Male 4.2-6.1X1012/l* Female 4.2-5.4X1012/1
Hemoglobin / Male 13.0 –17.0 g/dl
Female 11.5-16.5 g/dl
Newborn 13.5-19.5 g/dl /
- Polycythaemia
- Myeloproliferative disease
- Anaemia
- Blood loss
- Dehydration
- Renal diseases
- Cong. heart dis.
Hematocrit
Packed Cell Volume / Adult 37-47 % /
- Polycythaemia
- DehydrationDiarrhea
- Burn
- Low O2 tension ( smoking , high attitude )
- Congestive heart diseases
- Anaemia
Male 40-54 % *
Female 37-47 %
Newborn 49-54 %
Children 35-49 %
Mean Cell Volume (MCV)
MCV = PCV/ RBC / Adult 76-96 FL /
- Macrocytosis in vitamin B12 or folate deficiency
- Liver disease
- Hypothyroidism
- Myelodysplasia
- Myeloproliferative dis.
- Aplastic anaemia
- Cytotoxic agents
- Microcytosis in iron deficiency
- Thalassaemia
- Chronic disease.
78-99 fl *
Mean Cell Haemoglobin
MCH = Hb/ RBC / Adult 27-32 PG
Child 23-30 PG /
- Pernicious anaemia
- Iron deficiency
- Thalassemia
- Sideroblastic anaemia
Mean Cell Haemoglobin Concentration
MCHC = Hb/ PCV / 32-36 g/dl / ______/
- Thalassaemia
- Sideroblastic anaemia
Platelets / (150-450) K/uL /
- Thrombocytosis in bleeding
- Myeloproliferative dis.
- Chronic inflammatory states
- Thromboctopenia related to leukaemia
- Infections
- Idiopathic
- Autoimmune
- Drugs
- HIV
150-400x 109/l*
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DIFFRENTIAL & ABSOLUTE NO. /Normal range
/ Increased level /Decreased level
Neutrophils / Birth – 15 y 37-80%Adult >15 y 40-75 % /
- Pregnancy
- Exercise
- Leukemia
- Trauma
- Infections
- Bleeding
- Malignancy
- Leukemia.
- Infection
- Drugs
- Bone marrow disease
- Idiopathic
1month-12 y 1-8.5
Adult >12 y 2-7.5
Lymphocytes / Birth – 15 y 10-15%
Adult >15 y 20-45 % /
- Physiological
- Leukaemia
- Infection
- Immune defects ( eg. HIV, AIDS ) .
6months-2y 4-10.5 K/uL
2y-6y 2- 8 K/uL
6y-12y 1.5-6.8K/uL
Adult.12y 1.5-4 K/uL
Monocytes / Birth – 15y 0-12%
Adult >15 y 215y 0.3-1.5 K/uL Adult >-10 % / ______/ ______
Birth –15 y 0.2-0.8 K/uL
Eosinophils / Birth - 15 y 1-6% Adult >15 y 0-7 % /
- Allergic disease
- Parasitic infestations
- Skin disease
- Lymphoma
- Some immune defects
Birth – 15y 0.2-0.8 K/uL
Adult >15 y 0.04-0.4 K/uL
Basophils / Birth - 15 y 0-1%
Adult >15 y 0-2 % / ______/ ______
0.0-0.1 K/uL
Erythrocyte
Sedimentation Rate (ESR) / Male 1-15
Female 1-20 /
- Pregnacny
- Infections
- Anaemia
- Inflammation
- Connective tissue dis.
- Temporal arterities
- Trauma
- Infarction
- Tumours
0-15 mm/hour
CHEMISTRY
/ Normal range / Increased level / Decreased levelAspartate transaminase AST
(SGOT) / 0 - 38 u/l /
- Liver & biliary diseases
- MI,
- Trauma
- Drugs
3-40 iu/l *
Alanine transaminase ALT
(SGPT) / 4 – 41 u/l /
- Liver diseases
- Infectious mononucleosis
3-60 iu/l*
Alkaline phosphatase / 30-110 iu/l /
- Pregnancy
- Puberty
- Paget’sdisease
- Osteomalacia
- Fibrous dysplasia
- Bone malignancy
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperphosphatasia
- Hypothyroidism
- Hypophosphatasia
- Malnutrition
Calcium ( corrected ) / 2.15 – 2.6 mmol/l /
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Bone malignancy
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Rickets
- Nephrotic syndrom
Creatinine / 44 – 120 umol/l /
- Renal failure
- Pregnancy
0.06-0.11mmol/l *
Glucose / 3 – 6.5 mmol/l * /
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hyperthyroidism
- Cushing’s disease
- Liver disease
- Head injury
- Hypoglycaemic drugs
- Addison’s disease
80-120 mg/dl *
Vitamin B 12 / 150-800 ng/l * /
- Liver disease
- Leukaemia
- Pernicious anaemia
- Gastrectomy
- Crohn’s disease
COAGULATION / Normal range / Increased level / Decreased level
Platelet / 150-450 K/UL /
- Thrombocytosis in bleeding
- Myeloproliferative dis.
- Chronic inflammatory states
- Thromboctopenia related to leukaemia
- Infections
- Idiopathic
- Autoimmune
- Drugs
- HIV
Bleeding time / 2.5-9.5 minutes /
- Thrombocytopenia
- Von Willebrand’s dis.
- Prolong asprine intake.
Prothrombin Time
PT
Measures extrinsic
common pathways / 11-14 Seconds /
- Deficiencies of factors I,II,VI,VII & X
- Anticoagulant therapy
- Liver disease.
Internationa Normalized Ratio
INR =
(PT/PT control)ISI
ISI=international sensitivity index / < 1.5 /
- Deficiencies of factors I,II,VI,VII & X
- Anticoagulant therapy
- Liver disease.
Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time
aPTT
Measures intrinsic
common pathways / 27-38 Seconds /
- Deficiencies of factors
- Heparin therapy
BY DR. KHALID AL-JOHANI