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SUBMITTER: Lucker A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5404950 | biostudies-other | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Lücker Adrien A Secomb Timothy W TW Weber Bruno B Jenny Patrick P
Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994) 20170401 3
<h4>Objective</h4>Oxygen transport to parenchymal cells occurs mainly at the microvascular level and depends on convective RBC flux, which is proportional in an individual capillary to the product of capillary hematocrit and RBC velocity. This study investigates the relative influence of these two factors on tissue PO<sub>2</sub> .<h4>Methods</h4>A simple analytical model is used to quantify the respective influences of hematocrit, RBC velocity, and RBC flow on tissue oxygenation around capillar ...[more]