White Blood Counts of Hospitalized Patients Without Infection, Malignancy, or Immune Dysfunction
Among hospitalized patients without infection, malignancy, or immune dysfunction, the normal range for WBC count was 1.6 to 14.5 × 10<sup>9</sup> WBCs/L. Age, race, body mass index, steroid use, and several comorbidities were associated with WBC count variation from the reference levels established based on healthy populations. Physicians should be cautious when interpreting WBC counts between 11 and 14.5 × 10<sup>9</sup> WBCs/L, which appear to represent normal values in the hospital.
Authors
- Michael B. Rothberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2063-1876)
- Erin C. Sullivan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2174-4028)
- Yazan Abu Omar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6031-6424)
- Rayli Pichardo
- Rebecca Schulte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0009-8947)
Institutions
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- United Hospital (US)
- Henry Ford Hospital (US)
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Southern Medical Journal
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14423/smj.0000000000001820
- Primary Topic
- Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00