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Haemolysis during haemostasis in skin puncture

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Plasma haemoglobin levels have been measured using a micro-technique in blood collected from skin stab wounds and by venepuncture from 25 human subjects. It was found that there was significantly greater haemolysis (P<;0.001) in drops of blood from the skin puncture wounds when compared with venous blood similarly treated. This finding confirms by a different technique previous evidence that red cell damage occurs during haemostasis and suggests the possibility that red cells could play a contributory part in the arrest of bleeding.

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  1. Department of Pathology, University College, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2

    D. McCarthy & N. Clarke

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McCarthy, D., Clarke, N. Haemolysis during haemostasis in skin puncture. Ir J Med Sci 142, 123–126 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02949999

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