Effect of tourniquet application during blood sampling on RBC deformability and aggregation: Is it better to keep it on?

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 297-302

  Connes, Philippe ^a   Nemeth, Norbert ^b   Meiselman, Herbert J ^c   Baskurt, Oguz K ^d  

^a University of the French West Indies   (Guadeloupe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood sampling; Methodology; Red blood cell aggregation; Red blood cell deformability; Venipuncture procedures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SHEAR STRESS; TOURNIQUET; VEIN PUNCTURE;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; HUMANS; MALE; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 67651220754     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2009-1196     Document Type: Article

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