S everal prospective studies have shown that a high hematocrit (or hemoglobin) predicts type 2 diabetes (1–6). However, the reasons for this association have not been fully explored. Hematocrit has been positively correlated with hyperinsulinemia and conditions associated with insulin resistance such as high blood pressure, elevated serum triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, and central obesity ...

Determination of blood viscosity requires consistent measurement flow rates, which leads to errors and presents several issues when there are continuous changes in hematocrit changes. Instead viscosity, a coflowing channel as pressure sensor is adopted quantify the dynamic blood. Information on (i.e., hematocrit, rate, viscosity) not provided advance. Using discrete circuit model for streams, a...

This retrospective study investigated the correlations between red blood cell (RBC) count, hemoglobin, and hematocrit on admission, and mortality in 140 patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Correlations between the hematological parameters RBC count, hematocrit, hemoglobin, white blood cell (WBC) count, and platelet count on admission and mortality were investigated. Association of each...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of the Omron HEM-7320-LA with Intelli Wrap technology cuff HEM-FL1 for self-measurement and clinic blood pressure (BP) measurement according to the European Society of Hypertension International Protocol revision 2010. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS The evaluation was performed in 39 individuals. The mean age of the participants was 47.9...

THE increased incidence of thrombo-occlusive complications in subjects with congestive heart failure is clearly recognized. Thus, pulmonary, cerebral, and myocardial infarction, thrombophlebitis, and mesenteric thrombosis are sufficiently frequent complications to compel some to include anticoagulant therapy in the routine management of cardiac decompensation. The fundamental cause of this tend...

Since the original publications by Martini et al. (Dtsch. Arch. Klin. Med. 169: 212-222, 1930) and Fahraeus and Lindqvist (Am. J. Physiol. 96: 562-568, 1931), it has been known that the relative apparent viscosity of blood in tube flow depends on tube diameter. Quantitative descriptions of this effect and of the dependence of blood viscosity on hematocrit in the different diameter tubes are req...

BACKGROUND Although specificity of SPECT/CT examination using technetium-99m radiolabeled red blood cells (Tc-99m-RBC) for detection of liver hemangiomas is very high, it is still not perfect. It is possible to overlook a malignancy. Moreover, the difference in accumulation of RBCs between a hemangioma and uninvolved liver remains unknown. The aim of the study is to determine the quotients of a...