Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Appropriate Medical Technology for Developing Countries, 3rd IEE Seminar on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-84919-309-2
DOI :
10.1049/ic.2004.0680
