From every day experience we find that the accepted standards and indices for the quantitative adequacy of the circulating blood, such as hemoglobin-gms and hematocrit percents, are not adequate and do not reflect volume or mass. The laboratory tests that we have habitually adopted as guidelines denote percentage concentration per unit volume and not absolute amounts. There is all the differenc...

background: sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder of hemoglobin causing myriad of pathology including anemia. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the baseline values of steady state hemoglobin and packed cell volume as a guide to managing the early recognition of hemolytic crises in sickle cell anemia. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted among the sickle cell patients atten...