Table 1. Effect of the Conjugates on the Blood Viscosity and Plasma Viscosity.

	blood viscosity (cp)				plasma viscosity (cp)
samples	50 s–1	100 s–1	150 s–1	200 s–1	50 s–1	100 s–1	150 s–1	200 s–1
controla	11.00	8.70	7.72	7.07	1.18	1.18	1.18	1.16
normal salineb	6.94	5.89	5.39	5.05	1.19	1.15	1.13	1.09
bHb	7.75	6.42	5.75	5.34	1.22	1.18	1.17	1.15
bHb-HES130	5.32	4.75	4.43	4.24	1.43	1.32	1.30	1.25
bHb-HES200	5.00	4.57	4.35	4.21	1.31	1.34	1.34	1.33

^aWhole blood group.

^bMixture of whole blood and normal saline.