Modified laser viscometer technique to measure blood viscosity

Author

Mohamed, M.M. ; Nashaat, A.M. ; Sharshira, M. ; Elbelbese, M.A.

Author_Institution

Biophys. Dept., Alexandria Univ., Alexandria, Egypt

fYear

2004

fDate

4-4 Feb. 2004

Firstpage

42644

Lastpage

42647

Abstract

To eliminate human factor errors in measuring the blood viscosity, laser viscometer was designed and constructed. This viscometer was used to measure blood viscosity of ten human blood samples. Hematological parameters of these samples (RBCs count, mean cell volume (MCV), hematocrit (HCT), mean corpuscle hemoglobin(MCH), mean corpuscle hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), hemoglobin(HGB), red cell distribution width (RDW), and serum cholesterol) were measured and the correlation between the viscosity of whole blood and these parameters were studied. The results obtained show that there is correlation between blood viscosity and each of RBC´s count (r = 0.78) , HCT (r = 0.51) and RDW (r = -0.537) while other blood parameters are not correlated.

Keywords

biochemistry; biological techniques; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; blood; cellular biophysics; diseases; haemorheology; laser applications in medicine; organic compounds; proteins; viscometers; viscosity; HCT; HGB; MCH; MCHC; MCV; RBC count; RDW; blood sample; blood viscosity; hematocrit; hematological parameters; hemoglobin; human factor error; laser viscometer; mean cell volume; mean corpuscle hemoglobin; mean corpuscle hemoglobin concentration; red cell distribution width; serum cholesterol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Appropriate Medical Technology for Developing Countries, 3rd IEE Seminar on

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

978-1-84919-309-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/ic.2004.0680

Filename

5596499