An In Vitro Evaluation of the Red Cell Damage and Hemocompatibility of Different Central Venous Catheters

Table 4

Measurements from five-luminal CVCs after 33 mL/min flow rate of erythrocyte concentrate.

	A ()		B ()
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Total Hb (g/L)	194.4	3.44	200.0	4.75
Free Hb (g/L)	2.4	0.16	2.0	0.37
Hematocrit (%)	0.69	0.01	0.7	0.01
Hemolysis (%)	1.23	0.08	0.98	0.02
Microparticles (MP/mL)	198,430	78,799	256,958	132,521
Erythrocyte MP (MP/mL)	85,398	32,539	79,606	32,676
Medium speed (cm/s)	6.064	0.00039	7.79	0
Shear rate (1/s)	35.67	0.0023	51.94	0.0004
Shear stress (Pa)	0.145	0.0015	0.214	0.0029