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Abdon, F., Adgoy, E., Berhane, N., Ibrahim, S., Khalil, A., Seyoum, Y., & Abbadi, O. (2020). Hematological parameters in apparently Healthy Eritrean blood donors at the National Blood Transfusion Center, Asmara, Eritrea. Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences (SJMS), 15(3), 290–299. https://doi.org/10.18502/sjms.v15i3.6703

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  • Faris M. Abdon

    Faris M. Abdon

    Orotta College of Medicine and health sciences, Asmara, Eriteria.
  • Elias T. Adgoy

    Elias T. Adgoy

    Orotta College of Medicine and health sciences, Asmara, Eriteria.
  • Nahom Y. Berhane

    Nahom Y. Berhane

    Quality control, National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), Eritrea
  • Senet A. Ibrahim

    Senet A. Ibrahim

    Quality control, National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), Eritrea
  • Adil KH Khalil

    Adil KH Khalil

    Department of Basic medical science, College of Medicine, Dar Al Uloom University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Yemani Seyoum

    Yemani Seyoum

    Orotta College of Medicine and health sciences, Asmara, Eriteria.
  • Osama Abbadi

    Osama Abbadi

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  • Sep 30, 2020

Hematological parameters in apparently Healthy Eritrean blood donors at the National Blood Transfusion Center, Asmara, Eritrea.

Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences (SJMS) / Sudan JMS: Volume 15 (2020), Issue No. 3 / Pages 290–299

Abstract

Introduction: This study was done to measure the Hemoglobin levels, Red Blood Cells count, and Red Blood cell parameters: MCV, MCH, MCHC, RDW, and Hematocrit of the apparently healthy blood donors attending the National Blood Bank of Eritrea.


Methods: Blood samples were collected from the peripheral veins into the (EDTA)-tube and examined for Red Blood Cell count (RBC), hemoglobin (Hb), Hematocrit (%), mean cell volume (MCV), mean cell hemoglobin (MCH), mean cell hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), and red cell distribution width (RDW), analyzed and measured by automated blood analyzer.


Results: The mean Hemoglobin level was 14.428±1.485 g/dl, RBCs count was 4.744±0.482×1012/L, HCT was 41.929 ±3.75%, Red cell distribution width (RDW) mean was 13.571±0.744%, MCV was 88.582± 4.0558 Fimtoliter, MCH was 30.470±2.188 picogram, and MCHC was a mean of 34.393±1.347g/dl. The difference between males and females in MCV and MCHC was significant in favor of female donors. And a weak positive correlation had been found between the weight and age of donors and the Hemoglobin level. All the measured values were found to be within the global referenced ranges.


Conclusion: Hemoglobin, RBCs count and RBCs indices of apparently healthy Eritrean blood donors were measured for reference, and all values were found within normal reference ranges.

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