What Is the Hematocrit?

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