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 *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]