| Literature DB >> 7065017 |
J B Hobbs, J N Oats, A A Palmer, P A Long, G M Mitchell, M Lou, M A McIver.
Abstract
Whole blood viscosity was measured in 41 patients with preeclampsia and in 51 normotensive control subjects. The mean viscosity in the preeclamptic group had a highly significant elevation (t = 9.752, p less than 0.001, at a shear rate of 0.1 sec-1 and t = 4.223, p less than 0.001, at a shear rate of 100 sec-1). The slower shear rate gave the better discrimination between the two groups as only four patients with preeclampsia had a value within 1 SD of the mean of the control group. It is suggested that the measurement of whole blood viscosity may be clinically useful in the management of patients with preeclampsia.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID： 7065017 DOI： 10.1016/0002-9378(82)90732-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Obstet Gynecol ISSN： 0002-9378 Impact factor: 8.661