Whole blood reduction viscosity

Whole blood viscosity changes with hematocrit. The higher the hematocrit, the greater the apparent viscosity of whole blood. In order to eliminate the effect of hematocrit and to compare the viscosity of different blood samples, some scholars have introduced the concept of reduced viscosity of whole blood.

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