RDW & RBC Histogram — All that Physicians should Know & Apply in Clinical Practice

Traditionally, anemias have been classified on the basis of blood indices (MCV, MCH, and MCHC) and reticulocyte count (reticulocyte production index-RPI). This traditional classification has enjoyed long innings with pathologists and hematologists. Newer automated blood cell analyzers provide an index of red cell volume distribution width (RDW) or heterogeneity and a histogram display of red cell volume distribution. This write-up on …