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Laboratory - Hematology
Greatest number of units of blood transfused 
               during one operation[1]
Highest blood eosinophil count (total; %)[2,3]
Highest blood leukocyte (white blood cell) count[4]
Highest blood platelet count[5]
Highest hematocrit[6]
Highest hemoglobin[6]
Highest serum haptoglobin[7]
Highest serum iron saturation percentage[8]
Highest serum ferritin[9]
Highest serum vitamin B12[7]
Lowest absolute number of circulating
               CD4+ T lymphocytes[10,11]
Lowest hematocrit[12]
Lowest hemoglobin[12]
Lowest mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH)[13,14]
Lowest mean corpuscular volume (MCV)[13,14]
Lowest serum ferritin[15,16]
Lowest serum folate[9]
Lowest serum iron[17]
Lowest serum transferrin[9]


2,400
44,188/cu mm; 89%
885,000/mcL
3,066,000/mcL
71.2%
22.8 g/dL
691 mg/dL
98%
129,070 ng/mL
2,944 pg/mL

0/cu mm
0%
"Unmeasurable"
16.4 pg/cell
52.3 fL
3 ng/mL
1.1 ng/mL
< 2 mcg/dL
7 mcg/dL

  1. Guinness Book of Records, 1997

  2. Oppenheim, E.

  3. Willett, F. M.

  4. Smilack, Jerry D.

  5. Guevara, E.

  6. Reiff, Patricia R.

  7. Vladatiu, Adrian O.

  8. Duncan, George

  9. Voltchenok, Marina

  10. Leviton, Ira

  11. Weisberger, Jodi

  12. Amer. J. Med 1990;88:667-674

  13. Minora, Barry A.

  14. Sammour, Adnan K.

  15. Laidley, Tracy L.

  16. Mosqueda, Albert

  17. Hurst, Lisa

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