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Sort the lab parameters (top) according to whether or not they are a routine part of the complete blood count (CBC) (below):
Platelet count
RDW
MCHC
aPTT
Red cell stiffness
WBC count
Retic count
RBC count
Hb
Hct
Schistocytes
MCV
MCH
Part of CBC
Not part of the CBC

Sort the complete blood count (CBC) lab parameters (top) according to whether or not they are measured or calculated by modern-day hematology (bottom): analyzers:
MCHC
WBC count
RBC count
Platelet count
MCH
Hct
Hemoglobin
MCV
Measured
Calculated
Abbreviations: RBC, red blood cell; WBC, white blood cell; MCV, mean cell volume; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; Hct, hematocrit.

Match the complete blood count (CBC) parameter with the relevant units:
MCV
MCH
RBC count
Picograms
Femtoliters
Trillions per liter
Correct!
Sorry, Incorrect.
Abbreviations: RBC, red blood cell; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration.
Which is more useful in day-to-day clinical practice:
a
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC)
Anemia is classified according to mean cell volume and MCV and MCHC.
b
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH)
The MCH is not included in anemia classifications. It simply tracks with the MCV and MCHC and offers little useful information (with rare exceptions). See next slide for more information.
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