A comparison of the viscometric properties of the blood from a wide range of mammals

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Johnn, H. | Phipps, C. | Gascoyne, S. | Hawkey, C. | Rampling, M.W.

Affiliations: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, Norfolk Place, London W2 1 PG | Zoological Society of London, Institute of Zoology, London NW1

Abstract: A study has been made of the viscosity characteristics of the blood of a wide variety of mammals, and of related factors, ie haematocrit, plasma viscosity, plasma fibrinogen and MCV. Good correlations have been found between blood viscosity and both haematocrit and plasma viscosity across the various species studied. No such correlations were found with fibrinogen level or MCV.

Keywords: Haemorheology, blood viscosity, mamrnals, fibrinogen, plasma viscosity

DOI: 10.3233/CH-1992-12502

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 639-647, 1992