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Hematocrit Determination

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Special care must be taken when operating the microhematocrit centrifuge since the rpm is mre than _______   10,000  
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Capillary blood for a microhematocrit should be collected in ______ tubes   Heparinized  
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Conversion factor for converting hematocrit from percentage to SI units is _____   0.01  
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Opaque or milky appearance of plasma in a spun hematocrit is known as ____________   High blood fat levels  
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Hematocrit value below normal is _____   32%  
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Leukocytes   Buffy coat  
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Packed cell volume is ______________   Microhematocrit  
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Non-Heparinized capillary tubes are ______________   Capillary blood  
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Child hematocrit level   38%  
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Adult female hematocrit level   42%  
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Adult male hematocrit level   47%  
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Newborn hematocrit level   56%  
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The layers of blood cells that form when a tube of whole blood is centrifuged are called the ___________________________   Packed cell column  
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A glass or plastic tube of very small diameter used for laboratory procedures is called a(n) _____________   Capillary tube  
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A commonly performed test that provides the clinician with an estimate of the patient's red cell volume and the blood's oxygen-carrying capacity is the _________   Hematocrit  
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The light-colored layer of leukocytes and platelets that forms on the top of the red blood cell layer when a sample of blood is centrifuged or allowed to stand undisturbed is called the ____________   Buffy coat  
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An instrument that spins capillary tubes at high speed is called a(n) _________________   Microhematocrit centrifuge  
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Another term used for hematocrit is _____________   Packed cell vloume  
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The normal reference value for hematocrit varies with the patient's ane and ___________   Gender  
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