title: [Hematocrit in venous and capillary blood in children in shock].
abstract: Hematocrit was measured every 8 hours in the bloods of 20 shocked infants and in 10 healthy cases. Samples of blood were taken at the same time from the external jugular vein and following puncture on the heel. Whereas the difference of both measurements was 5.3% as an average in healthy cases, in patients it was of 25.7%. At the end of eight hours of treatment, there was still a difference of 28.8% in patients who finally died, but it dropped tp 8.8% in those who survived.
mesh_terms: D002196:Capillaries; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D007601:Jugular Veins; D008297:Male; D012769:Shock / Q000097:blood*
vernacular_title: Hematócrito en sangre venosa y capilar en el niño con choque