title: Blood rheological abnormalities in the microcirculation during experimental traumatic shock.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To find whether the principal indices of blood rheological disorders related to the microcirculation undergo drastic changes during the traumatic shock.
  
  
  METHODS
  RBC aggregability and deformability, as well as the systemic hematocrit, were assessed in white laboratory rats with the techniques that provided us with direct and quantitative data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found that in the experimental animals the RBC aggregability was sharply increased, the RBC deformability significantly decreased, while the systemic hematocrit underwent considerable lowering during the traumatic shock.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The blood rheological properties are significantly disordered during development of the traumatic shock.
authors.affiliation: Microcirculation Research Center, I.Beritashvili Institute of Physiology, Tbilisi, Georgia
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tatarishvili
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Momtselidze
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McHedlishvili
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004903:Erythrocyte Aggregation; D004907:Erythrocyte Deformability; D018056:Hemorheology; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051381:Rats; D012774:Shock, Traumatic / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants