By Michael Ford, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
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# of erythrocytes in circulation, assuming Hematocrit 45%[1]
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120
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# of new erythrocytes produced each second to replace dying cellsâ€
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Please enjoy this post from the Clinical Correlations archives first posted March 19, 2009
Aditya Mattoo MD
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For our first post, I wanted to address …
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Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is pulmonary artery aneurysm. The chest CT shows a very round lesion in the left lower lobe with possible surrounding ground glass opacity. This perfectly round shadow suggests a vascular …
By Michael Ford, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
“Blood Count”
2.65 x 10[13]
# of erythrocytes in circulation, assuming Hematocrit 45%[1]
120
Lifespan in days of an …
Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The patient is an 84 year old man who presents with small amounts of hemoptysis for one week prior to admission. He is a life-long non-smoker who began having cough with sputum production for one year without fever, chills, nightsweats, …