Table 1.

Initial complete blood count results.

Investigations	Patient range	Ref. range for age 2–9 years
WBC	3.1 (L)	4.0–12 K/mL
RBC	3.65 (L)	3.88–4.72 m/L
Hemoglobin	10.8 (L)	11.5–14.5 g/dL
Hematocrit	33.8	33.0–43.0%
MCV	92.6 (H)	76–90 fL
MCH, POC	29.5	25–31 pg
MCHC	31.9	32.0–36.0 g/dL
Red cell distribution width	13.5	12.8–13.9%
MPV	7.7	7.4–8.1 fL
Platelets	142 (L)	150–400 K/mL
Neutrophil	56	54–62%
Lymphocyte absolute	0.7 (L)	1.5–3.0 K/µL
Lymphocyte	22	25–33%
Monocyte	5	3–7%
Monocyte absolute	0.2	0.4–0.9 K/µL
Band absolute	0.5	0.0–1.2 K/µL
Bands	16 (H)	3–5%
Meta	1 (H)	0%
Seg absolute	1.7	1.6–7.8 K/µL

H, high; L, low; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MPV, mean platelet volume; RBC, red blood cell; WBC, white blood cell.