What does CBC mean in medical?
CBC stands for Complete blood count. Occasionally it is also called Full blood count or Total count/Differential ccount. In the CBC total number of blood cells i.e., WBC ( and its subtypes), RBC and platelets per unit volume are measured. Full blood count may occasionally include Hemoglobein, Hematocrit and other RBC parameters as well.
Following are the measurements done in the total blood count.
What is measured in cbc blood test
What is measured in cbc panel?
- WBC count
- Differential WBC count
- Neutrophil
- Lymphocyte
- Monocyte
- Basophil
- Eosonophil
- Hemoglobein
- RBC
- Hematocreit or Pack cell volume (PCV)
- Mean cell volume
- Mean cell hemoglobein
- Mean cell hemoglobein concentration
Some labs may also include other less commonly done tests.
The number of parameters provided by the CBC report may also depend upto the machine used for measurement.
CBC test price
Price of CBC test varies from 150 rupees to 600 rupees in Nepal. That is $1 to $5. But this test may be even cheaper or expensive in various health facilities and hospitals. You will get cheap in Government hospitals while expensive in private hospitals. I have noticed hospitals charging upto 800 rupeed for the test here in Nepal.
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CBC blood test price in nepal: Judgement
The range of CBC price tho varies, very expensive rate is not logical. Though they claim that they carge for the facility, the reliability and the quality of equiment they use for test. You always have option to choose the facility of your affordibility.
Top government hospitals in kathmandu TU teaching hopital, Patan hospital, Bir hospital and Civil hospital charge less than 350 rupees for CBC test.
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CBC test price in nepal: How to choose?
If you're searching for very high reliability and cheap price choose the above mentioned Government hospitals otherwise you can do it anywhere. Some low quality facility may not perform it well so be careful.
What to expect while getting your CBC done?
- You need to get your vein pricked
- blood should be collected in purple vial or EDTA vial
- It may take upto 3 hours for CBC report to get
- Some time if technical problem occur you may need to repeat test
- If any findings are abnormal your doctor may order other tests as well
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Normal CBC values for healthy adult
- WBC
- RBC
- HB
- MCV
- MCH
- MCHC
- HCT
- Erythrocyte count
- Male: 4.3–5.9 million/mm3
- Female: 3.5–5.5 million/mm3
- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (Westergen)
- Male: 0–15 mm/hr
- Female: 0–20 mm/hr
- Hematocrit
- Male: 41–53%
- Female: 36–46%
- Hemoglobin, blood
- Male: 13.5–17.5 g/dL
- Female: 12.0–16.0 g/dL
- Hemoglobin, plasma < 4 mg/dL < 0.62 µmol/L
- Leukocyte count and differential
- Leukocyte count 4,500–11,000/mm3
- Segmented neutrophils 54–62%
- Band forms 3–5%
- Eosinophils 1–3%
- Basophils 0–0.75%
- Lymphocytes 25–33%
- Monocytes 3–7%
- Mean corpuscular hemoglobin 25–35 pg/cell
- Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration 31%–36% Hb/cell
- Mean corpuscular volume 80–100 µm3 80–100 fL
- Partial thromboplastin time (activated) 25–40 sec
- Platelet count 150,000–400,000/mm3
- Prothrombin time 11–15 sec
- Reticulocyte count 0.5–1.5% of RBCs
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