Hinghofer-Szalkay
H, H Holzer
Bestimmung der
Hämoglobinkonzentration aus Messungen der Blut- und Plasmadichte
mittels der Biegeschwingermethode
(The calculation of hemoglobin
concentration from blood and plasma densities, measured by the
mechanical oscillator technique)
J Clin Chem Clin
Biochem. 1979; 17: 613-8
3-ml blood samples from patients were taken for the measurement of blood and plasma density (mechanical oscillator technique), hematocrit, and hemoglobin content.
Blood and plasma density values can be used to precisely calculate hematocrit and blood hemoglobin concentration. Thus, in addition to the calculation of total protein concentration of plasma (Holzer et al: J. Clin. Chem, Clin. Biochem. 16, 391-5), blood densitometry yields additional information.