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IV. DIURNAL FLUCTUATIONS IN BLOOD VOLUME AND CHANGE INCIDENT TO TRANSFUSION REACTION

WINIFRED ASHBY, Ph.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1925;35(6):726-732.

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Diurnal fluctuations in the count of corpuscles derived from a transfusion appear to have a consistent trend in patients with anemia, and are assumed to indicate blood volume changes. Changes incident to transfusion, pointing to a reduced blood volume following a transfusion reaction, have also been noted.

Little attention has been given to rapid fluctuations in the blood count, and the possibility of their occurrence is often lost sight of. Limbeck¹ studied the changes in the red and white cell count after eating, and reports a drop in the red cell count. He found a count of 5,550,000 before the meal, 5,320,000 a quarter of an hour after the meal, 5,480,000 an hour and a quarter after, 4,730,000 two hours and a quarter after, 4,870,000 three and a quarter hours after, and 4,720,000 four hours and a quarter after. In reviewing the literature, he found that Sorenson noted an increase . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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ROCHESTER, MINN.

From the Mayo Foundation.

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