Because the chloride concentrations and enzyme activities, indicators of intracellular contamination, were unaffected by the degree of bleeding, this decrease in Hb content is probably due to the increasing dilution of primary blood by secondary blood.
Because the chloride concentrations and enzymeactivities, indicators of intracellular contamination,were unaffected by the degree of bleeding,this decrease in Hb content is probably dueto the increasing dilution of primary blood bysecondary blood.