TY - JOUR
T1 - Normal ranges for packed cell volume and hemoglobin concentration in adults
T2 - Relevance to 'apparent polycythemia'
AU - Fairbanks, Virgil F.
AU - Tefferi, Ayalew
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Published data from Europe and North America indicate that for non-iron-deficient adult Caucasian males, the normal mean packed cell volume (PCV) is 0.46 and the 2.5-97.5 percentile interval is 04.0-0.53. Corresponding values for adult Caucasian females are: mean PCV 0.42; 2.5-97.5 percentile interval 0.36-0.48. It is not usually appropriate to undertake studies of polycythemia in adult Caucasian males with PCV <0.55 (Hb Conc. < 180 g/L) or in adult Caucasian females with PCV <0.50 (Hb Conc. < 16.5 g/L). Application of this principle will reduce the number of inappropriate and costly studies that would otherwise be performed in patients whose PCV values are only in the upper percentiles of the normal range, and will help to avoid misdiagnoses and therapeutic misadventures. (C) Munksgaard 2000.
AB - Published data from Europe and North America indicate that for non-iron-deficient adult Caucasian males, the normal mean packed cell volume (PCV) is 0.46 and the 2.5-97.5 percentile interval is 04.0-0.53. Corresponding values for adult Caucasian females are: mean PCV 0.42; 2.5-97.5 percentile interval 0.36-0.48. It is not usually appropriate to undertake studies of polycythemia in adult Caucasian males with PCV <0.55 (Hb Conc. < 180 g/L) or in adult Caucasian females with PCV <0.50 (Hb Conc. < 16.5 g/L). Application of this principle will reduce the number of inappropriate and costly studies that would otherwise be performed in patients whose PCV values are only in the upper percentiles of the normal range, and will help to avoid misdiagnoses and therapeutic misadventures. (C) Munksgaard 2000.
KW - Apparent polycythemia
KW - Hematocrit
KW - Hemoglobin concentration
KW - Packed cell
KW - Polycythemia
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U2 - 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2000.065005285.x
DO - 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2000.065005285.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 11092458
AN - SCOPUS:0033735942
SN - 0902-4441
VL - 65
SP - 285
EP - 296
JO - European Journal of Haematology
JF - European Journal of Haematology
IS - 5
ER -