Indices of filterability of red blood cell suspensions.
A number of different experimental techniques have been devised in recent years to use microsieving as a test of the filterability of suspensions of red blood cells. Various indices have been proposed to express the results of these tests. In the present paper a correlation is made of the intrinsic increase in resistance at the level of a single pore in the filter to the macroscopically observed pressure and flow through the entire filter. Further it is shown how a number of different tests may be used to derive the same index. The results apply only to situations in which there is no plugging of pores.
D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D012212:Rheology; D014462:Ultrafiltration