title: A simple and readily available method for packed cell volume determination.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: D002498:Centrifugation / Q000379:methods; D006400:Hematocrit / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans