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Hemolyzed blood could be caused by: An arterial pressure of negative 190, An arterial pressure of negative 270, A venous pressure of half the blood flow rate, or A machine temperature of 36 degrees Celsius?

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Hemolyzed blood can occur due to excessive blood loss from hemorrhage or diseases affecting red blood cells. The non-physiological negative arterial pressures provided are not applicable. A machine temperature of 36 degrees Celsius is within the normal range and is unlikely to cause hemolysis.

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Hemolyzed blood can be caused by a variety of factors, some of which include significant trauma or injury leading to hemorrhage (excessive bleeding that hemostatic mechanisms cannot control), or medical conditions such as sickle-cell disease or systemic lupus erythematosus that directly affect the red blood cells leading to hemolysis. Factors like arterial or venous pressure, or the temperature of a machine, could theoretically contribute to hemolysis under certain abnormal conditions. However, the provided options of arterial pressure of negative 190 or negative 270 are non-physiological as arterial pressure cannot be negative—arterial pressure is the force exerted by blood upon the walls of arteries and in humans, it is generally measured in mm Hg (millimeters of mercury), with normal ranges falling within 70-110 mm Hg for mean arterial pressure (MAP). A machine temperature of 36 degrees Celsius lies within normal body temperature and would not typically cause hemolysis. Venous pressure related to half the blood flow rate does not directly indicate causation of hemolysis without specifying how this relates to the actual pressure values and the integrity of red blood cells.

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