Hematology
23 markers in this category
Basic Blood Count
A basic blood count measures three core values in your blood: hemoglobin, white blood cells and platelets. Together they say something about oxygen transport, immune defence and clotting.
Basophils
Basophils are a kind of white blood cell that releases substances such as histamine in allergic reactions.
Blood Type + Rh
A blood type test determines your ABO blood group and Rh factor. Knowing your blood type is essential for safe blood transfusions, organ transplants, and pregnancy planning.
Complete Blood Count (CBC)
A complete blood count tells you from one tube how many red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets your blood holds and how much haemoglobin you have, and it is the broadest basic panel available.
Coombs Test (Indirect)
In a blood transfusion, someone else's blood enters the bloodstream, and according to the RIVM the body can make antibodies against blood groups it does not have itself when it comes into contact with the blood of someone with a different blood group.
Eosinophils
Eosinophils are white blood cells involved in allergic reactions and the defence against parasites. As part of your complete blood count, they can offer clues about allergies or asthma.
Erythrocytes (RBC)
Your red blood cell count is a direct indicator of how effectively your body delivers oxygen to muscles and organs.
Haptoglobin
A haptoglobin test measures the level of haptoglobin protein in your blood.
Hematocrit
The hematocrit value describes how much of your blood consists of red blood cells, the cells that carry oxygen; at 0.48 l/l that is 48 percent, and the rest is fluid.
Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin is the engine behind your body's oxygen delivery.
Hemoglobin Electrophoresis
According to the NVKC, haemoglobin carries oxygen from the lungs to the organs, and according to Erfelijkheid.nl the causes of beta-thalassaemia are changes in the HBB gene, which mean not enough haemoglobin is made.
Irregular Antibody Screening
According to the NVKC, the immune system can form irregular antibodies when 'foreign' blood enters the circulation in a blood transfusion.
Leukocyte Differential
Lymphocytes are one of the five kinds of white blood cells, and according to the NVKC they play an important role mainly in defence against viruses.
Leukocytes (WBC)
Leukocytes are white blood cells from the bone marrow that protect the body against infection.
Lymphocytes
Lymphocytes are white blood cells central to your defence against viruses and to immune memory. As part of your complete blood count, they show how your immune system responds.
MCH (Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin)
According to Thuisarts, every red blood cell contains haemoglobin, the substance that carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.
MCHC (Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration)
MCHC is the average concentration of haemoglobin inside your red blood cells.
MCV (Mean Corpuscular Volume)
To carry oxygen through the body, red blood cells use haemoglobin, and according to Thuisarts the body needs iron, among other things, to make it.
Monocytes
Your monocyte value tells you how many of these white blood cells were travelling through your blood at the moment of the draw, and a persistently raised count fits a longer-running inflammatory process.
Neutrophils
Neutrophils are the most common white blood cells and your first defence against bacterial infections. As part of your complete blood count, they show how your immune defence is doing.
Platelets (Thrombocytes)
Your platelet count tells you how many platelets are circulating in your blood. Platelets are the fragments that seal a small wound and stop bleeding.
RDW
RDW shows how much your red blood cells vary in size and can give an early clue before other values change.
Reticulocytes
A reticulocyte count measures the number of young, immature red blood cells in your blood.