So H&H are 2 different labs: why only say one value?

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Hey guys! New nurse here. Kinda confused. If hemoglobin and hematocrit are two different values why do I hear people say things like “her H&H was 6.6”.

Is that just the hemoglobin? Why don’t they say 2 different values for the 2 different labs?

Specializes in Med/Surg.
On 4/13/2020 at 1:35 PM, KatieMI said:

Right answer: resolution of acure renal failure, specifically acute tubular necrosis (ATN) polyuric stage.

Actually, this was going to be my answer, though you provided details I didn't know. I was going to suggest recovering from renal failure which could have been brought about by the shock, the drugs, or the myolysis, or the combination thereof.

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On 4/11/2020 at 9:34 AM, KatieMI said:

Because everybody knows how to work with "upper H" (hemoglobin), but people who know how to access "lower H" (hematocrit) and what to do with it are mostly within Hematology/Oncology specialty.

Yeah LOL it’s like the thing you learn in school and then toss it to heme to braingasm over

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