How to Use blood count in a Sentence

blood count

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  • This includes standard tests for complete blood count, cholesterol levels, liver enzymes, and sodium and potassium levels.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 20 May 2024
  • There are questions about drug pricing and the risks of infections and low blood counts.
    — Siddhartha Mukherjee, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2017
  • All of my blood work, including my red and white blood counts, came back normal.
    — Julia Ries, SELF, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Those results showed that my white blood count was really high.
    — Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Her white-cell blood count was up, and once again her blood pressure and oxygen levels were falling.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2021
  • These tests are the more conventional CBC, or complete blood count.
    — Andrew Zaleski, Men's Health, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Your doctors may take more precautions to support your blood counts.
    — Dr. Laura Esserman, Time, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Her blood count was low and eventually, the family found out the 10-year-old’s kidneys were failing.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • For those who survive, there are greater chances of severe health problems from bone deformities and low blood count to blindness and deafness.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Routine lab tests found Mr. Trump's kidney, liver and thyroid function are all normal, as are his electrolytes and blood count.
    — Grace Segers, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2019
  • Ask your doctor for a complete blood count panel, Sassos suggests.
    — Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Your doctor will likely order a complete blood count (CBC) as well as a serum testosterone test to confirm low testosterone levels.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • His complete blood count, to include his white blood cell count, his hemoglobin, hematocrit, and platelet count were all normal.
    — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Your doctor might advise you to have regular blood tests since this medication can lower your white blood count.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 12 Nov. 2021
  • For some routine tests, including blood counts, standard ranges were determined decades ago based on studies of soldiers, Jha says.
    — Emily Sohn, Washington Post, 3 June 2018
  • This can include congenital birth defects, higher stillbirth rates, and low birthweight and blood counts.
    — Shravya Pant — Medill News Service, STAT, 20 Dec. 2023
  • There’s my dry-erase calendar, filled with Magic-Markered numbers reporting daily blood counts and smudgy guest registries, most erased and rewritten.
    — Jason Sheeler, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2019
  • In these scenarios, your physician may already be monitoring your blood counts.
    — Trisha Pasricha Md and Mph, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
  • Glatter said it’s important to monitor white blood count, as mentioned by Clinton’s doctors.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Experts recommend checking a blood count to look for these elevations three to six months after starting treatment.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Routine Blood Work Routine blood work allows doctors to measure lipids, cholesterol levels, blood sugar levels, and complete blood count.
    — Julia Ries, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Doctors often start by looking at your overall antibody levels, or immunoglobulins, and a complete blood count to check your white blood cell levels.
    — Trisha Pasricha Md and Mph, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
  • Basic tests that may be done include a complete blood count (CBC), biochemical profile, and urinalysis.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Although his symptoms were flu-like, about a quarter of patients in the global trial had severe or life-threatening reactions, including low blood counts and infections.
    — Marie McCullough, Philly.com, 1 May 2018
  • When testing a patient for Lyme, Cameron says a doctor will usually check for liver, kidney, blood count and thyroid abnormalities.
    — Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2022
  • Your doctor may order various lab tests, including a complete blood count to rule out other bleeding disorders, as well as an ultrasound to help identify the location and size of the possible fibroids.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 6 Oct. 2021
  • If a second miscarriage occurs, women should be offered an appointment at a dedicated miscarriage clinic for full blood count and thyroid function tests, as well as a discussion of their risk factors.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Unfortunately, this morning, his blood count was really, really low.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2020
  • In pathology, and specifically for complete blood count (CBC), first-generation automation has been applied since the 1960s by running cells through pipes using a technology called flow cytometry.
    — Sarah Levy, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Liver function abnormalities, disordered electrolytes, elevated white blood count — all could be explained by temporary complete lack of blood flow.
    — H. Lee Kagan, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2019

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