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hemoconcentration

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hemoconcentration [¦hē·mō‚käns·ən′trā·shən]
(medicine)
An increase in the concentration of blood cells resulting from the loss of plasma or water from the bloodstream.


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To adjust for hemoconcentration, IL-6, TNF-[alpha], IL-1[beta] and CK post exercise values were normalised as follows: Post-EXad = Post-EX + (Post-EX *%[DELTA]PV/100).
Although no study has measured the effect of fist pumping on hematocrits, it is conceivable that hemoconcentration would occur when repetitive muscle activity increases the flow of blood to the limb, especially when the tourniquet is constricting its return to the heart.
Thrombocytopenia and hemoconcentration were reported, renal involvement was minimal, neither oliguria nor renal failure was observed in any case-patient, but all case-patients showed petechiae.
 
 
 
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