Interdependence of Rheological and Biochemical Parameters of Blood in a Group of Patients with Clinically Silent Multifocal Vascular Cerebral Lesions.

Background: Hemorheology is a field of science which often becomes interesting to researchers studying impairments related to blood flow disturbances. Clinically silent vascular cerebral lesions (CSVCLs) are considered a problem of great importance in neurology.

Objective: This work aimed to analyze the interdependencies of the rheological and biochemical parameters of the blood.

Ulcerated skin evaluation by electrical impedance measurements.

In the presented study, the transdermal results from the areas surrounding the ulcerated skin areas were compared with those obtained from healthy skin tissue. The analysis of electrical parameters, such as the slope of the Nyquist plot, min. IM, min.

Can Assessment of Rheological Properties of Whole Blood and Plasma Be Useful in the Diagnosis of Tinnitus? A Pilot Study.

Tinnitus is a sensation of ringing in the ears in the absence of any physical source in the environment. Between 9-35% of adults experience some form of tinnitus. Common causes of tinnitus include noise, head injury, ototoxic substances, as well as disorders of blood and blood vessels.

Body Balance Analysis in the Visually Impaired Individuals Aged 18-24 Years.

Background: Proper body balance is maintained by both sensory, i.e., vision, hearing, vestibular, and proprioception, and motor nervous systems.

The effects of acoustic and optokinetic stimulus on the postural stability.

Objectives: This article addresses the question of whether the simultaneous auditory and optokinetic stimulation affects the postural stability differently than only the stimulation with a single auditory or optokinetic stimulus.

Methods: The study involved 30 volunteers. The postural stability was evaluated by means of the posturography platform, which allows for both stable and dynamic posturography tests as well as for applying optokinetic stimulus.

Rheological parameters of saliva in comparison with taste examination.

Background: It is generally unknown if taste sensitivity is dependent upon saliva viscosity. The rheological properties of saliva result from many factors and it has been shown to behave as a non-Newtonian fluid whose viscosity decreases with increasing shear rate. Taste sensitivity may be quantitatively assayed by electro-gustometry.

Influence of magnetostimulation therapy on rheological properties of blood in neurological patients.

The aim of the study is to test the influence of in vivo magnetostimulation on the rheological properties of blood in neurological patients. Blood circulation in the body depends both on the mechanical properties of the circulatory system and on the physical and physicochemical properties of blood. The main factors influencing the rheological properties of blood are as follows: hematocrit, plasma viscosity, whole-blood viscosity, red cells aggregability, deformability, and the ability of red cells to orient in the flow.

The effect of pulsed IR-light on the rheological parameters of blood in vitro.

In this study we attempted to assess the effect of light of 855 nm wavelength (IR-light) on the rheological parameters of blood in vitro. As an anticoagulant, heparin was used. The source of IR-light was an applicator connected to the special generator--Viofor JPS®.

Analysis of the magnetic field influence on the rheological properties of healthy persons blood.

The influence of magnetic field on whole blood rheological properties remains a weakly known phenomenon. An in vitro analysis of the magnetic field influence on the rheological properties of healthy persons blood is presented in this work. The study was performed on blood samples taken from 25 healthy nonsmoking persons and included comparative analysis of the results of both the standard rotary method (flow curve measurement) and the oscillatory method known also as the mechanical dynamic analysis, performed before and after exposition of blood samples to magnetic field.

Comparative analysis of chosen hemorheological methods in a group of stroke patients.

Blood viscosity is one of the most important factors determining the blood flow. In this report we describe changes in whole blood viscosity in a group of patients after stroke measured as a function of the shear rate (flow curve) and also blood visco-elastic properties measured using oscillatory methods (dynamical mechanical analysis). The principle of the latter method is based on the measurement of the amplitude and phase of the sample oscillations driven by controlled harmonic strain.

Comparison of three rheological models of shear flow behavior studied on blood samples from post-infarction patients.

Quantitative analysis of blood viscosity was performed on the basis of mathematical models of non-Newtonian fluid shear flow behavior (Casson, Ree-Eyring and Quemada). A total of 100 blood samples were drawn from clinically stable survivors of myocardial infarction, treated with aspirin or acenocoumarol and controls to these drugs. Whole blood and plasma viscosity were measured at a broad range of shear rates using a rotary-oscillating viscometer Contraves LS40.

Hemorheological changes dependent on the time from the onset of ischemic stroke.

This work aimed at estimation and comparison of chosen rheological parameters of blood in two group of patients in acute and remote stroke phase. The analysis included the values of shear stress, plasma viscosity, relative blood viscosity, hematocrit value and the parameters of rheological Quemada model of blood flow. The main two groups (30 persons each) consisted of patients after cerebral ischemic episode, remaining under permanent medical control, the first one in the acute and the second in the remote phase.

Blood fluidity and thermography in patients with diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease in comparison to healthy subjects.

The study aimed at initial determination and analysis of selected rheological parameters of blood in the group of diabetics and patients after myocardial infarction and compare the results to the symptoms observed in thermographical studies. The parameters studied were: whole blood viscosity, plasma viscosity, relative blood viscosity and hematocrit value. A group of 60 subjects took part in the study.

[Comparison of whole blood viscosity in vascular diseases].

The viscosity of whole blood taken from patients suffering from different diseases was studied. The measurements of blood viscosity were performed in the shear rate range 0.01-100 s-1 in three groups of patients.

The changes of low-shear-rate hemorheological properties depending on the fluid used for transfusion.

We investigated the influence of kind of fluids used for transfusion - crystalloids and colloids - on the rheological parameters of blood with a special focus on the range of low shear rates. The blood viscosity measurements were performed with the use of a rotary-oscillatory rheometer Contraves LS 40. The investigation includes the measurements of blood viscosity and a hematocrit value at three stages: before, just after and two hours after transfusion.