Viscosity of Animal Erythrocyte Suspensions mixed with a Perflurocarbon Emulsion

Figures & data

Figure 1. Ranges of viscosities that can be measured by ME45 Sensor System as a function of shear rate.

Figure 2. Comparison of measured (symbol) and reported (line) viscosities of aqueous solutions of glycerin (Sample I: 18 g glycerin, 82 g water, Sample II: 36 g glycerin, 64 g water, Sample III: 52 g glycerin, 48 g water) over shear rate range 50–300 s⁻¹.

Table 1. Average viscosity of sheep blood samples at the different hematocrits and PFE concentrations

	Hematocrit average (%)
	0	20	30	40
0 g PFE/dL	1.731	2.462	3.174	4.502
6 g PFE/dL	2.075	2.881	3.165	4.682
12 g PFE/dL	2.188	3.031	3.824	5.298

Figure 3. Change in viscosity of swine blood at 20% Hct with PFE concentration.

Figure 4. Change in viscosity of swine blood at 30% Hct with PFE concentration.

Figure 5. Change in viscosity of Swine Blood at 40% Hct with PFE concentration.

Table 2. The consistency indices and the non-Newtonian indices for the power law model fit for swine blood

	0 g PFE/100 mL	6 g PFE/100 mL	12 g PFE/100 mL
a/n
20% Hct	8.237/−0.180	6.511/−0.174	7.193/−0.181
30% Hct	9.462/−0.193	9.854/−0.198	7.789/−0.185
40% Hct	7.059/−0.117	6.383/−0.098	17.496/−0.332