An elevated RDW is a higher than normal red blood cell count. This can be brought on by a number of things, most commonly anemia. Your doctor will be able to best advise you on the appropriate course of action to take to get your red blood cells to a normal level.
There is no specific meaning to rdw in mathematics.
RDW Group was created in 1986.
Red cell distribution wudth
nothing if the RDW and MCV are normal
My RDW-SD was 37.80 fl
what does high RDW in hematology test refer to?
if rdw is high
The normal range for RDW lab test is 11-15%.
In medicine, RDW means red cell distribution width. A low RDW means that the erythrocytes or red blood cells are uniform in size.
RDW means "Red blood cell Distribution Width" that takes place with the blood. If one has a low Rdw i means they are anemic.
A low RDW-cv on a hematology test means that there is a very small variation in the size of your red blood cell. Low RDW means that the cells are mostly the same size, while high RDW means the sizes are different.
what does it mean when your RDW is 11.3? I know normal is 11.5-14.5. But how much ashould I be concerned?