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In determining hematocrit, if the length of erythrocytes in the capillary tube is 45 millimeters and the length of total blood is 95, what is the hematocrit?
In determining hematocrit, if the length of erythrocytes in the capillary tube is 45 millimeters and the length of total blood is 95, what is the hematocrit?
Solution
Answer:
Hematocrit is the percentage ratio of the red blood (erythrocytes) volume to the total volume of the sample.
As the volume in a constant diameter capillary tube is directly proportional to the lengths, we can use this to calculate hematocrit.
H = 45 / 95 = 0.4737
= 47.37 %
