Labs and diagnostics
Hgb / Hb
hemoglobin
The oxygen-carrying protein inside red blood cells, reported in grams per deciliter.
How it gets tested
The relationship with hematocrit is the item — hematocrit runs roughly three times the hemoglobin value, which is worth knowing as a sanity check rather than a rule.
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