title: Quantitative buffy coat analysis. A new laboratory tool functioning as a screening complete blood cell count.
abstract: We have developed a system for the quantitative analysis of the buffy coat in centrifuged whole blood samples. This analysis, performed in a modified microhematocrit tube, provides a hematocrit value, total WBC count, platelet count, and a separation of the leukocyte population into granulocytes and nongranulocytes. All results are available within 15 minutes and correlate well with existing methods. The system is expected to provide a rapid means of performing a complete blood cell count in a physician's office.
mesh_terms: D001772:Blood Cell Count / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000166:cytology; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count / Q000295:instrumentation; D008214:Lymphocytes; D009000:Monocytes / Q000166:cytology; D010976:Platelet Count / Q000295:instrumentation