This study reports the effect of increased hematocrit (packed cell volume) on the rate of decrease in plasma glucose during 6 h in blood specimens from seven newborns (cord blood) and heparin-treated blood specimens from eight adults. Mean hematocrits ranged frm 0.43 to 0.75 for the adults and from 0.51 to 0.81 for the infants. The decrease in glucose was related to time and to hematocrit. For ...

This study addresses the hypothesis that patients with obstructive sleep apnea, who exhibit recurrent episodes of oxygen desaturation at night, have higher hematocrit levels than nonapneic control subjects. We prospectively studied 624 patients referred to the sleep disorders center at St. Michael's Hospital because of suspicion of sleep apnea. All patients had nocturnal polysomnography and mea...

Micropore filtration of dilute red blood cell (RBC) suspensions is a widely known method for determining red blood cell deformability. Use of this method for cells from various laboratory animal species does require considering the effects of the cell size to pore size ratio and of suspension hematocrit. In general, previous animal studies have utilized 5% hematocrit suspensions and five micron...

The relationship between the indicence of cerebral infarction and the hematocrit was studied using 432 consecutive autopsied patients with the average age of 77.1 years. The incidence of cerebral infraction was higher in patients with hematocrit values of more than 46%, (the average in younger adult subjects). The increase in the frequency of cerebral infarction with high hematocrit values was ...

A population-based study of the relation between hematocrit and stroke subtype was carried out among 2,077 individuals using the Lehigh Valley Stroke Register. This register identifies all stroke patients admitted to the 8 acute care hospitals serving the Lehigh Valley area of eastern Pennsylvania-western New Jersey. The mean hematocrit was higher in patients with lacunes than with thrombotic o...

An isolated perfused canine lung preparation in which determinants of vascular caliber could be individually controlled was developed. The relation of pulmonary arterial (Pa), venous (PV), and alveolar (PA) pressures was such that Pa greater than PA greater than PV throughout the whole lung. The addition of isoprenaline to the perfusate abolished vascular reactivity. Once stability was reached,...

The influence of acute variations in hematocrit on the QRS complex of the Frank scalar electrocardiogram was studied in 31 patients with severe polycythemia secondary to cyanotic congenital heart disease and in eight patients with anemia due to thalassemia. Moderate reduction of the hematocrit in the polycythemic group resulted in a significant increase in the magnitude and a delay in both left...

Hemodynamic stresses are involved in the development and progression of vascular diseases. This study investigates the influence of mechanical factors on the hemodynamics of the curved coronary artery in an attempt to identify critical factors of non-Newtonian models. Multiphase non-Newtonian fluid simulations of pulsatile flow were performed and compared with the standard Newtonian fluid model...

Severe anemia in mothers is associated with low birth weight, premature delivery, and fetal death. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the relationship between the hemoglobin level and hematocrit of mothers and prenatal complications. Subjects consisted of 1100 pregnant that had referred to Bandar Abbas’ Shariati hospital in 2007 that had a single, viable fetus with cephalic presentat...