An improved method for the diagnosis of polycythaemia.
The red cell mass was measured in 44 normal subjects and showed a closer correlation with total body water or surface area than with body weight. The results obtained in a group of patients with polycythaemia, however, still overlap with the normal range. When the total number of circulating red cells is measured these patients form a group quite separate from the normals. The diagnostic value of this measurement is therefore considerably greater than results obtained with the red cell mass.
D000328:Adult; D001830:Body Surface Area; D001834:Body Water; D001835:Body Weight; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D004911:Erythrocyte Volume; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D009765:Obesity / Q000503:physiopathology; D011086:Polycythemia / Q000175:diagnosis*