Excerpt The effect of drowning by total immersion in seawater on the serum electrolytes,
blood constituents, and cardiovascular system of dogs was reported by Swann and Spafford …

The interrelationships of arterial pressure, plasma volume (PV), and plasma renin activity
were studied in 152 consecutive male patients with uncomplicated essential hypertension …

During the past decade the diagnostic use of blood volume determinations has declined as
a result of the generation of largely inaccurate results and inappropriate normalization and …

The concept of" myeloproliferative disease" as a group of syndromes, all having in common
an abnormality of the pluripotential primitive mesenchymal precursor cell from which …

Thirteen of 478 patients whose blood volumes were measured within a two-year period
demonstrated" stress" polycythemia; each of these patients had sustained systolic or …

Fourteen patients with essential hypertension (blood pressure 167±2 106±2
[mean±standard error of the mean] mm Hg) were studied prospectively to determine the …

The syndrome of plethora without splenomegaly, leukocytosis, or throm bocytosis was
described by Gaisböck in 1905. It was reevaluated in 25 patients through the study of …

In the last years, there has been a growing recognition of the importance of blood volume
abnormalities in the pathophysiology of several conditions and, consequently, a growing …

Blood volume measurements and clinical status were compared in two groups of subjects
with a normal measured red cell mass, but with varying hematocrit values. In our series of …

The ultimate mechanism of action of thiazide diuretics in hypertension remains to be clearly
defined. The hemodynamic effects of prolonged hydrochlorothiazide therapy were …