Hematologic Changes in Hypothermic Dogs

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In nine dogs cooled to below 20[degree]C, red blood count (RBC), hemoglobin concentration and hematocrit ratio increased, while leucocytes and platelets decreased. With the thrombocytopenia, silicone clotting time and bleeding time became prolonged, and clot retraction and prothrombin consumption became poor. During the early warming period the leucocytes and platelets returned to normal. Clotting also returned to normal except the silicone clotting time and the bleeding time which showed hyper-coagulability. The RBC returned to normal more slowly. During early re-warming, nucleated red cells appeared in the peripheral blood.

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