Table 1.

Fitting parameters in the Quemada rheological model for 11% Hct blood diluted with 70-kDa dextran, 500-kDa dextran, and PEG-Alb plasma expanders to 11% Hct as well as data for 48% Hct blood without any plasma expanders present

Fluid	Plasma Viscosity, cP	k0	k∞	γc, s−1
Whole blood (48% Hct)	1.2	4.3	2.05	2.8
Blood diluted with 70-kDa dextran	1.4	7.1	2.4	6
Blood diluted with 500-kDa dextran	2.2	6.2	0.5	1.9
Blood diluted with PEG-Alb	1.3	11.9	0.3	7.3

Hct, hematocrit; PEG-Alb, polyethylene glycol-conjugated albumin.