11K views · 223 reactions | Hydrostatic vs Oncotic The net pressure that drives reabsorption—the movement of fluid from the interstitial fluid back into the capillaries—is called osmotic pressure (sometimes referred to as oncotic pressure). Whereas hydrostatic pressure forces fluid out of the capillary, osmotic pressure draws fluid back in. | Dr. Najeeb | Facebook

Blood pressure, balloons and hot water bottles The whole subject of blood pressure is poorly understood, poorly taught and poorly managed. Today I wanted to try and simplify the subject using the analogy of balloons and hot water bottles. What is high blood pressure? I was once upon a time giving a lecture and there were clinicians present from Europe as well as America and I asked the question ‘What is high blood pressure?’ - the Americans in the audience said anything higher than 120/80 is hig

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