AIM To study effects of a perfluorocarbon emulsion on plasma and whole human blood viscosity in the presence of albumin or modified fluid gelatin. MATERIAL AND METHODS We investigated the effects of several PFC concentrations on plasma and whole blood viscosity in the presence of human albumin solution (HAS) or modified fluid gelatine (MFG; Gelofusine) to obtain three PFC emulsion concentrati...

Extreme hemodilution was performed in the hamster chamber window model using 6% Dextran 70, lowering systemic hematocrit by 60%. Animals were subsequently divided into three groups and hemodiluted to a hematocrit of 11% using 6% Dextran 70, 6% Dextran 500, and a 4% Dextran 70 + 0.7% alginate solution (n = 6 each group). Final plasma viscosities were 1.4 +/- 0.2, 2.2 +/- 0.1, and 2.7 +/- 0.2 cp,...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prognostic significance of altered plasma viscosity and erythrocyte aggregation in unstable angina. DESIGN A prospective study of 96 consecutive patients with unstable angina allocated to one of two groups according to predefined threshold values for plasma viscosity and erythrocyte aggregation at study entry. The patients received a standardised treatment and were ...

We argue that an expanding quark-gluon plasma has an anomalous viscosity, which arises from interactions with dynamically generated color fields. We derive an expression for the anomalous viscosity in the turbulent plasma domain and apply it to the hydrodynamic expansion phase, when the quark-gluon plasma is near equilibrium. The anomalous viscosity dominates over the collisional viscosity for ...

Intravenous fat injections cause significant increases in blood viscosity. Nonemulsified or poorly emulsified oil produces pulmonary and other embolization. Plasma is lost rapidly and in alarming degree. The hematocrit increases rapidly and is accompanied by a nearly parallel increase in blood viscosity. Oil in stable emulsion in blood plasma or lymph can be injected in greater doses. Slow, but...

Blood viscosity (shear rate 100/s) and its major determinants (packed cell volume, plasma fibrinogen concentration, and plasma viscosity) were measured before coronary angiography in 50 men aged 30-55 and related to the extent of coronary artery disease. Twenty-six men had extensive disease (stenosis of two or three major coronary vessels), and 24 had either stenosis of one vessel or no stenosi...

The best established laboratory test in the assessment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis is the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). It is a complex measurement, the major factor being variations in the plasma protein concentrations, but the number and shape of the erythrocytes also contributes substantially. At constant red cell concentration, the relative contributions of the plasma prot...