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Most of the research on oxygen transport from the red blood cells (RBC) in the capillaries to the tissue has been focused on diffusion. Convection is considered important with respect to the movement of blood. However, convection can also play a role in small-scale transport of oxygen. Mixing of the plasma between RBCs can possibly influence the local oxygen flux from the RBCs into the plasma and from the plasma into the tissue. To investigate this, a model of fluid flow is needed which has to be coupled to the mass transport. One was developed by Aroesty and Gross (1970). Their model of fluid dynamics was similar to that of others (for instance Bugliarello and Hsiao, 1970), but they were the first to couple it to oxygen transport. They concluded that the influence of local plasma mixing was negligible.
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Bos, C., Hoofd, L., Turek, Z. (1994). Local Plasma Convection Can Be Important for Oxygen Release in Tissue Capillaries. In: Hogan, M.C., Mathieu-Costello, O., Poole, D.C., Wagner, P.D. (eds) Oxygen Transport to Tissue XVI. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 361. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1875-4_1
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