What Are the Effects of Elevated Hematocrit Levels?

Hematocrit is the percentage of the volume of blood cells in whole blood, called hematocrit.

Hematocrit

Since white blood cells and platelets only account for 0.15% to 1% of the total blood volume, the hematocrit is very close to that in the blood.

Automatic blood cell analyzer:

Male: 0.40 0.50 (40 50vol%)

Female: 0.37 0.48 (37 48vol%) ^[1]

(1) Increase: Severe dehydration (large amount of vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, etc.). Large-scale burns. Polycythemia vera. secondary erythrocytosis (newborn, altitude sickness, severe pulmonary heart disease, etc.).

(2) Decrease: Anemia or anaemia of pregnancy. secondary fibrinolysis. Epidemic hemorrhagic fever complicated by hypervolemic syndrome. pregnancy-induced hypertension. Test Category 1: Clinical Blood Test Category 2: Red Blood Cells