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Which of the following is most unlikely to increase blood viscosity?

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Which of the following is most unlikely to increase blood viscosity?

leucocytosis
dehydration
hypothermia
an infusion of packed red blood cells

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A: Leucocytosis is an increase in the number of wbc above the normal range. Such a rise would have a minimal effect on viscosity as viscosity is due largely to the number of the much more numerous rbc in normal blood.

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