Sunday, March 18, 2012

Blood Cell Counts


If your status immediately after the transplant is as an in-patient, blood will be drawn daily to keep track of your progress toward growing a new immune system.  The set of tests run to analyze your blood is called a Comprehensive Metabolic Panel.  Among other things, it includes a CBC (Complete Blood Count) as well as an ANC (Absolute Neurophile Count) assessment.  The ANC is a measurement of infection fighting potential.  Blood counts will be covered in detail later.

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