A simple and readily available method for packed cell volume determination.
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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Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
D002498:Centrifugation / Q000379:methods; D006400:Hematocrit / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans