Capillary leak syndrome (CLS) is an increasingly acknowledged multifaceted and potentially lethal disease. Initial nonspecific symptoms are followed by the intriguing CLS hallmark: double paradox associating diffuse severe edema hypovolemia, along with hemoconcentration hypoalbuminemia. Spontaneous resolutive phase often associated poor outcome due to iatrogenic fluid overload during phase. mai...

An excessive elevation in body temperature is known to decrease exercise performance. The physiological mechanisms involved with hyperthermia-induced fatigue include central nervous system dysfunction and cardiovascular instability. Conversely, a moderate increase in body temperature has been shown to actually improve exercise performance. Asmussen and Boje reported that sprint performance impr...

PURPOSE Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is a serious iatrogenic complication of ovulation induction. It is a potentially lethal condition, with severe complications which include ovarian enlargement, and massive fluid redistribution from the vascular system into free spaces resulting in ascites, pleural effusion, electrolyte imbalance, hemoconcentration, hypovolemia, oliguria, and adul...

A 40-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with severe hypovolemic shock and anasarca. The laboratory findings showed marked hemoconcentration and a decrease in total serum protein with the presence of monoclonal IgG-lambda. She had had a similar episode of generalized edema 2 years previously. We diagnosed the patient as having typical systemic capillary leak syndrome (SCLS) and she impr...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how changes in the plasma skimming coefficient affect the hemoconcentration within blood vessel networks. Due to the differences in plasma and red blood cells (RBCs) phases, the RBCs tend to flow at a different rate causing a difference in hematocrit concentration at a bifurcation in a network. This can be quite important when looking into how efficie...