• Blood shift has at least two separate meanings: In medicine, it is synonymous with left shift In diving physiology, it is part of the diving reflex This...
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    releasing red blood cells and increasing the oxygen capacity of the blood. This may start before the bradycardia. Blood shift is a term used when blood flow to...
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    Left shift or blood shift is an increase in the number of immature cell types among the blood cells in a sample of blood. Many (perhaps most) clinical...
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    of blood plasma volume will cross into the extravascular compartment. This plasma shift causes an increase in hematocrit, serum total protein, blood viscosity...
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  • Left shift may refer to: Left shift (medicine), a medical term similar to blood shift Logical left shift, a computer operation Arithmetic left shift, a...
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    circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other...
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    "chloride shift" refers to this exchange. Consequently, chloride concentration is lower in systemic venous blood than in systemic arterial blood: high venous...
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    Other than bradycardia and peripheral vasoconstriction, there is a blood shift which occurs only during very deep dives that affects the thoracic cavity...
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  • Doppler effect (redirect from Doppler shift)
    shift (Doppler shift) of the received signal that is measured, but the phase shift (when the received signal arrives). Velocity measurements of blood...
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    but must have precipitated from the blood in situ.: 101  The autopsy suggested that bubble formation in the blood denatured the lipoprotein complexes...
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    hemoglobin in the blood's red blood corpuscles, bonding with it tenaciously, and, in the process, displacing oxygen and preventing the blood from transporting...
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    causes negative pressure breathing which contributes to the blood shift. The blood shift causes an increased respiratory and cardiac workload. Stroke...
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    anoxemia refer specifically to states that have low or no oxygen in the blood. Hypoxia in which there is complete absence of oxygen supply is referred...
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    BPG in red blood cells favours formation of the T (taut or tense), low-affinity state of hemoglobin and so the oxygen-binding curve will shift to the right...
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    Perfusion is measured as the rate at which blood is delivered to tissue, or volume of blood per unit time (blood flow) per unit tissue mass. The SI unit...
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    blood flow to the extremities to increase the blood and oxygen supply to the vital organs, especially the brain. Blood shift, the shifting of blood to...
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  • which the white cell (leukocyte) count is above the normal range in the blood. It is frequently a sign of an inflammatory response, most commonly the...
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    Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure of circulating blood against the walls of blood vessels. Most of this pressure results from the heart pumping blood...
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  • .. It is well known that this shift-system, this alternation of two sets of workers, predominated in the full-blooded springtime of the English cotton...
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    deoxygenated blood returned from the body to the right atrium of the heart where it is pumped out from the right ventricle to the lungs. In the lungs the blood is...
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    Mediastinal shift is an abnormal movement of the mediastinal structures toward one side of the chest cavity. A shift indicates a severe imbalance of pressures...
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    Blauhöhle – Flooded cave system in Southern Germany Blood shift – Set index article Blood shift (diving) – Blood flow to the extremities redistributed to the...
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    A complete blood count (CBC), also known as a full blood count (FBC), is a set of medical laboratory tests that provide information about the cells in...
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    application of expiratory force, pressure rises inside the chest forcing blood out of the pulmonary circulation into the left atrium. This causes a mild...
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    or bone infarction, is death of bone tissue due to interruption of the blood supply. Early on, there may be no symptoms. Gradually joint pain may develop...
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    in heart rate. Blood-shift: Blood flow and volume is redistributed towards vital organs by means of a reflex vasoconstriction. Blood vessels distend...
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    of the blood. Early transfusions used whole blood, but modern medical practice commonly uses only components of the blood, such as red blood cells, white...
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    Air embolism (redirect from Blood bubble)
    An air embolism, also known as a gas embolism, is a blood vessel blockage caused by one or more bubbles of air or other gas in the circulatory system...
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    Commonly, this includes alcohol intoxication but may also include low blood sugar, anorexia and advanced age. Body temperature is usually maintained...
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    December 2019, rescue diver and Thai Navy SEAL Beirut Pakbara died of a blood infection contracted during the operation. Tham Luang Nang Non is a karstic...
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