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If your red blood cells were to meet a hypertonic solution, water would exit the cells, causing them to shrink and become less efficient at transporting oxygen.
Hypotonic solutions are useful because free water enters the hypertonic red blood cells, leading to a decreased hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and reduced red blood cell sickling. [1, 2] ...
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Hypertonic Dehydration: What Happens?It plays a role in both hydration and dehydration because it helps maintain adequate fluid and blood volume by drawing water into cells ... first-line treatment for hypertonic dehydration. This ...
The use of low-volume fluid administration with hypertonic saline may also reduce edema (including endothelial cell fluid accumulation, which may increase vessel resistance and impair blood flow ...
The shape of red blood cells is highly sensitive to surrounding liquid environment. Here, Miccio et al. make red blood cells into optofluidic lenses with fully controllable focal length at the ...
Abnormal homeostasis of the volume of airway surface liquid in patients with cystic fibrosis is thought to produce defects in mucus clearance and airway defense. Through osmotic forces, hypertonic ...
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