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n. - A measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood; The ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood

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  • The hematocrit is the proportion of blood that consists of red blood cells; the lower the hematocrit, the more anemic the patient.
  • The lab measurement for red blood cells is called "hematocrit," and 35% to 55% is considered normal.
  • One consequence of the extra cells is that the percentage of the blood volume taken up by the cells (the "hematocrit") goes up.
  • - If possible, determine hemoglobin or hematocrit.
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