Guest guest Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Does anyone know what “GR” is? On Ken’s blood test it says GR - % and GR – number, I’ve looked can’t find out what it is. Something to do with red blood cells?? His labs weren’t good, worse than before. Alk Phos 900, AST 174, ALT 155, Ammonia back up to 105. Either he’s really anemic or (I’m hoping) the angiogram and subsequent “bruise” caused some minor blood loss and the numbers will come back up. Either of those would be better than the thought of him bleeding somewhere. Way too many highs & lows dot his results. Thanks for any help regarding the GR. Barb in Texas - Together in the Fight, Whatever it Takes! Son Ken (33) UC 91 - PSC 99 - Tx 6/21 & 6/30/07 @ Baylor in Dallas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 My wife (med tech) suggests granulocytes, and this web site: http://www.hrpca.org/cbc.htm seems to agree: " There are five main types of white blood cells: / neutrophils <javascript: optionsdisplay('../../../glossary/neutrophil.html')>/(also called / granulocytes/ - GR and GR# " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Jonathon's wife is right on target. My wife is also a med tech (retired) and used to have to count all the white cells under the microscope. The GR% is the percentage of granulocytes out of all the white blood cells. I think that typically they run 70% +/- 10. If the percentage is high it might mean an infection or steriods or that the other cells like lymphocytes are low. The GR# is the absolute number of granulocytes. i.e if the white count is 5K and the GR% is 50% then the GR# would be 2.5K Don't get me started on specialist primary care interaction. Communication takes time and effort and is often neglected. Von > > My wife (med tech) suggests granulocytes, and this web site: > > http://www.hrpca.org/cbc.htm > > seems to agree: " There are five main types of white blood cells: / > neutrophils <javascript: > optionsdisplay('../../../glossary/neutrophil.html')>/(also called / > granulocytes/ - GR and GR# " > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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