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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-7-27
pubmed:abstractText
The yield stress is a sensitive index of blood fluidity at low shear. Seven healthy adults were studied at hematocrits varying between 40 and 80% and fibrinogen concentrations from 0.0 to 0.935 g/dl. Multivariable analysis was used to determine the functional dependence of yield stress on hematocrit and fibrinogen level. The major findings from this analysis include a decreasing effect of fibrinogen at high concentrations (saturation effect), a relative insensitivity of yield stress to fibrinogen at low concentration (threshold effect), and a strong interaction between the effects of hematocrit and fibrinogen concentration on yield stress. Our results give the normal range of yield stress for a given value of fibrinogen and hematocrit and can be used to predict the effect of reductions in hematocrit or fibrinogen on the yield stress of normal blood.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0026-2862
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
323-38
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Evaluation of the yield stress of normal blood as a function of fibrinogen concentration and hematocrit.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-2899.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.