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Table A2.

Bubble oxygenator GME outlet counts at approximate micron size ranges for five different test solutions filtered and not filtered.

Solution	0–15 μm	16–30 μm	31–45 μm	46–60 μm	61–75 μm	76–90 μm
GME counts at approximate
micron size up to 90 μm
20% glycerin	131*	237*	106*	18*	1^*	0
28% glycerin	206	519	473	266	63	13
23% hematocrit	235	607	469	191	39	5
32% glycerin	53^*	355^*	407^*	380^*	274^*	117^*
37% hematocrit	98^*	547	527^*	435^*	204^*	48^*
GME counts at approximate
micron size up to 38 μm
20% glycerin	69	136^*	48^*	6^*	1	0
28% glycerin	150	467	399	99	9	1
23% hematocrit	290	520	166	14	1	0
32% glycerin	105	469	460^*	322^*	93^*	20^*
37% hematocrit	167	581^*	359^*	19	3	0

N = 3–10 observations per cell.

Compared with 23% hematocrit P < 0.05.

GME counts in 23% and 37% hematocrit blood were compared with counts in three glycerin solutions for size ranges between ∼0–90 μm. The best blood GME count agreement in the most GME size ranges with glycerin solution was at 28% glycerin.