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[DYSPHAGIA] Blue dye.


  • Subject: [DYSPHAGIA] Blue dye.
  • From: eripley@yahoo.com (Irene Campbell-Taylor)
  • Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:14:08 -0700 (PDT)

--- "Murray, Joe" <Joe.Murray@med.va.gov> wrote:
> Flowing blood has no time to oxidize.  While you can
> mess about with red dye
> during the clinical exam it would be useless during
> a FEES.
> Of course, you're quite right, but I wasn't talking
about flowing blood. Still, even flowing blood doesn't
look like red food coloring. If you try it, just once,
you'll see what I mean.
Irene.
> 
> Joseph Murray
> Audiology & Speech Pathology Service (126)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Irene Campbell-Taylor
> [mailto:eripley@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 1:50 PM
> To: LOBSTERPAM@aol.com
> Cc: dysphagia@medonline.com
> Subject: Re: [DYSPHAGIA] Blue dye.
> 
> 
> 
> --- LOBSTERPAM@aol.com wrote:
> > How would one differentiate 
> > a potential color interaction from red dye from
> one
> > that might be made from 
> > blood?  Blood comes in many hues; I've seen this
> in
> > suctioning; it's my 
> > reason for using blue.  For blood, brick to
> crimson,
> > at the very least.  
> That's exactly the reason for using red dye - blood
> oxidizes, dye can't so the color of the aspirate
> oesn't change. I can only assure you, it looks
> nothing
> like blood, in any hue.
> Irene.
> 
>  
> >
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