Hi All,  I thought I could tell you about the primary use of a creamatocrit 
in our pediatric hospital.  I know that most of you would not every need to 
use a creamatocrit and it is very helpful in this situation.  We 
occasionally have patients that develop chylothorax which is a accumulation 
of the lymph drainage between the chest wall and the lung.  This may be seen 
in patients that have had chest surgery and requires a chest tube to drain 
the chyle from the chest.  These patients need to have fat free oral 
nutrition ( they can have fat in the form of medium chain triglycerides).  
Breastmilk has a lot of long chain triglycerides but can be used if the fat 
is removed from the milk.  The creamatocrit is a way of testing the milk to 
provide milk that is safe for these patients.  This has been discussed 
before in Lactnet.  Sincerely, Rachel Wahl RN IBCLC

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