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RE: Fusion of Twins and The Effects of Blood Transfusion
(I wonder why beers and blood are both measured in pints)
Is that the case everywhere? I think that in France it is measured in liters or milliliters... For instance, blood transfusions are usually within the 450-500 ml range, if I am not wrong.
It turned out that my hematocrit value was 52%
I had actually no idea about what a hematocrit value was. Thanks google ;)
Great post by the way :)
So how many pints make one liter?
This is about 2, no?
Yes, two pints make one litre.
Lol. I also heard about "hematocrit" for the first time today :p
We live and learn :)
Well, they told me that I could donate two pints which amounted to two units of blood which I guess is the 450ml you mentioned. But the only other liquid I have heard associated with a pint was beer. Maybe my vocabulary is poor but that's it :)
I haven't even taken the time to find out exactly what 1 pint is in terms of metric measurement. I guess Google would help
I didn't know hematocrit until the lab attendant told me, "Yours is 52%"
"Huh. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" I asked.
"Good."
Well, Google told me the rest:)
Thanks a lot for visiting my blog. It means a lot to me.
By the way, I found something stupid on your post even though it took a while :)
I am trying to hide one stupidity / unrelated stuff on each post. :)
I think hematocrit has to do with percentage red blood cell in your blood.
Yeah, the volume of red blood cell to the total volume of blood. If i am right though
This is indeed what google tells us :)
Did not check though, my project work during my undergraduate days was based on haematology.
I did ^^