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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