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Re:ECMO pumps blood out of the body, oxygenates it and retur... by mikecsh on Friday June 21, 2019 @03:37AM (#20240658)
Indeed - see Poiseuilles equation [https://www.openanesthesia.org/poiseuilles_law_iv_fluids/]
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Re:ECMO pumps blood out of the body, oxygenates it and retur... by rscho on Friday June 21, 2019 @04:57AM (#20240960)
Blood is non Newtonian. Poiseuilles doesn't really apply.

I'm aware that's what's taught in med school, though. At the maroscopic level, it works ok.

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