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A hemoglobin and hematocrit performed in pediatric clinic on a 2-year-old gave results of 12.0 g/dl hemoglobin and 35% hematocrit.

Do these results agree?
Are these results in the normal range for his age?
What does the hematocrit measure?
Name three conditions that could cause a decreased hematocrit value and three conditions that could increase the hematocrit value.
Give the hematocrit reference values for males, females, and newborns.

A hemoglobin and hematocrit performed in pediatric clinic on a 2-year-old gave results of 12.0 g/dl hemoglobin and 35% hematocrit.

Do these results agree?
Are these results in the normal range for his age?
What does the hematocrit measure?
Name three conditions that could cause a decreased hematocrit value and three conditions that could increase the hematocrit value.
Give the hematocrit reference values for males, females, and newborns.

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A hemoglobin and hematocrit performed in pediatric clinic on a 2-year-old gave results of 12.0 g/dl hemoglobin and 35% hematocrit.

In case of hemogobin 12.0 g/dl is in normal range. Normal range is 11.3-14.1

However 35% haematocrit is found to be in normal range which is 29% to 41%

What does the hematocrit measure?

Measure of volume of red blood cells present in total amount of blood volume, this measure is known as Hematocrit measure. It is calculated using microhematocrit centrifugation, We get the result in percentages. The normal range for men is 40 to 54% and women are 36 to 48%.

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