Correlation
Between the Blood Surface Tension and the
Activity of Some Enzymes
A. KRATOCHVÍL, E.
HRNČÍŘ
Clinic of Occupational Diseases, Third
Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague,
Czech Republic
Received May 22, 2000
Accepted January 3, 2001
Summary
The
aim of this study was to find the principal
parameters of surface tension of the blood and
verify its possible correlation with some of the
commonly assessed laboratory indicators that are
affected by diseases with the expected possible
changes in the surface tension of the blood. The
surface tension of the blood was assessed in 150
patients. At the same time, the basic biochemical
and hematological parameters were determined in
these patients. The results have shown a close
correlation between the surface blood tension and
the activity of plasma gamma-glutamyltransferase.
We assume that this relationship is based on the
changes in concentration of bile acids in the
blood during liver or bile duct afflictions.
Key
words
Surface
tension · Blood · Assessment · Correlation
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MUDr. Evžen Hrnčíř, CSc., Clinic of
Occupational Diseases, Third Faculty of Medicine,
Charles University, Šrobárova 50, 100 34 Prague
10, Czech Republic
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