Pulmonary Vascular Resistance and Viscosity: The Forgotten Factor
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Julien I. E. Hoffman
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Calculating pulmonary vascular resistance is important in many fields of medicine. Although the influence of hematocrit on calculated resistance has been known for many years, it is rare to find the appropriate corrections in published articles. This review discusses the relationship between viscosity and resistance and shows how the effect of viscosity can be allowed for by calculating hindrance or relative viscosity.
Pediatr Cardiol (2011) 32:557–561 DOI 10.1007/s00246-011-9954-3 Received: 28 January 2011 / Accepted: 10 March 2011 / Published online: 25 March 2011
