In case of blood collection from vein and by mistake the needle inserted in artery and collected the blood from artery and the patient needed the CBC. What is the effects on CBC value you suspected?
Compared to arterial blood, there was a significant increase of erythrocyte count (2.7%) and haematocrit (3.1%) in the venous blood. The total and large leucocyte counts were significantly higher (9.2% and 12.6%, respectively) in the fingertip blood than in the venous blood.
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Comparison of blood counts in venous, fingertip and arterial blood and their measurement variation
Z W Yang et al. Clin Lab Haematol. 2001 Jun.
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doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.2001.00388.x.. 2001 Jun;23(3):155-9.Clin Lab Haematol
Authors
Z W Yang 1 , S H Yang, L Chen, J Qu, J Zhu, Z Tang
Affiliation
- 1 Morphometric Research Laboratory, North Sichuan Medical College, China. [email protected]
- PMID: 11553055
- DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.2001.00388.x
Compared to arterial blood, there was a significant increase in erythrocyte count (2.7%) and hematocrit (3.1%) in the venous blood. The total and large leucocyte counts were significantly higher (9.2% and 12.6%, respectively) in the fingertip blood than in the venous blood.
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