A simple and readily available method for packed cell volume determination

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A O George1

  • 1Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Tropical Doctor
|April 1, 1990
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Most of the microhaematocrit centrifuges (MCH) in Nigerian health institutions have ceased to function due to lack of spare parts and poor servicing. The author carried out a study using the angle-head centrifuge (AHC) for estimating packed cell volume. The efficiency of packing was identical for both the AHC and MHC with a similar short time for centrifugation.

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