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Originally Posted by Kasept
If it's been used on horses? If? EPO?
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Total Blood Volume is a test for humans used to assess RBC mass from Serum
or put another way the number or mass of red cells relative to the fluid in the blood that is not Red Cell related.
It has recently been used for inpatients to make a noninvasive diagnosis (without floating a catheter in the blood vessel) of Congestive Heart Failure or when fluid is building up in the lungs. That is the simplistic answer as there is a ton of science here to assume with the measurement.
One way to use it with Epo would be looking at hemoglobin or Hematocrit measurements as a way of detecting excessive Red Cells that may be brought on by Epo use with Iron. Very Shaky science at best!!!
Opinion of mine in next sentence: After you reach a certain red cell number say a hemoglobin of 10 grams that more hemoglobin or a higher number does not translate into ability to run faster or longer.