Complete Blood Count (CBC)

Neupogen (Filgrastim) is used to treat neutropenia, which is a decreased quantity of white blood cells in the body. Neupogen assists in the growth of a type of white blood cell called neutrophils by stimulating the colonies of white stem cells within the bone marrow. By increasing the number of white blood cells in your body it helps your body fight infections. White blood cells are found within the bone marrow and grow fairly rapidly, therefore they are often damaged by chemotherapy.

To determine whether you have a low white blood cell count, your physician will check you blood work, also called CBC (Complete Blood Count) or WBC known as White Blood Count. The normal number of neutrophil is between 2500-5000. A low neutrophil count is below 1000 and this is known as neutropenia

Anemia is determined by the hemoglobin and hematocrit measurements from a complete blood count (CBC).

The hemoglobin result is part of a complete blood count (CBC) and measures the amount of hemoglobin in the blood. The amount of hemoglobin in the blood is a measure of the ability of the blood to transport oxygen to the rest of the body.

The hematocrit is a measurement of the proportion of the red blood cells in the blood.