Hematocrit is the percentage of a person's blood volume that is red blood cells. Learn. more about how doctors diagnose and treat this condition.

Hematocrit tests check the percentage of red blood cells in your blood. Learn how and why this test is done and what the results might mean.

THE measurement of the packed red-cell volume (or hematocrit) of the venous blood has long been recognized as a useful aid in the study of blood in a large number of clinical conditions. The techni ...

Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Md Abu Jafor on Wednesday said the nature of dengue has changed, making it more challenging to treat patients. "The ...

Treatment guidelines in polycythemia vera currently recommend maintaining hematocrit below 45%, with a higher threshold for men vs women.

Phlebotomy often is used for hematocrit control; however, frequent phlebotomy can become a burden for patients and remove iron stores in red blood cells, exacerbating symptoms — and this ...

During a live event, Mojtaba Akhtari, MD, discussed trials studying patients with high-risk polycythemia vera.

Topline data were announced from a phase 3 trial evaluating rusfertide in patients with polycythemia vera (PV). The 3-part, randomized, ...

Achieving and maintaining controlled hematocrit levels of <45% is the primary treatment goal in PV to prevent thrombotic events and alleviate symptoms, but many patients still experience ...

The other three pre-specified key secondary endpoints, namely hematocrit control 2 and patient-reported outcomes using PROMIS Fatigue SF-8a 3 and MFSAF TSS-7 4, were also achieved with statistical ...

Find out what your doctor may recommend to treat polycythemia vera and what the side effects are.