Clinical Utility of Blood Cell Histogram Interpretation
Published: September 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/28508.10620
E.T. Arun Thomas, S. Bhagya, Abdul Majeed
1. Senior Resident, Department of Nephrology, Trivandrum Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
2. Senior Resident, Department of Neurology, Trivandrum Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
3. Professor of Internal Medicine and Head of Hematology Unit, Calicut Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India.
Correspondence
Dr. E.T. Arun Thomas,
Senior Resident, Department of Nephrology, Trivandrum Medical College, Trivandrum-695011, Kerala, India.
E-mail: etarunthomas@gmail.com
An automated haematology analyser provides blood cell histograms by plotting the sizes of different blood cells on X-axis and their relative number on Y-axis. Histogram interpretation needs careful analysis of Red Blood Cell (RBC), White Blood Cell (WBC) and platelet distribution curves. Histogram analysis is often a neglected part of the automated haemogram which if interpreted well, has significant potential to provide diagnostically relevant information even before higher level investigations are ordered.
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