[Blood clotting and thrombocyte function in reversible hemorrhagic shock]

Abstract

In experiments on 12 mongrel dogs, serving as models of reversible hemorrhagic shock, the influence on blood clotting and thrombocyte function was studied. Initial hypercoagulability, observed already after introduction of anesthesia, and multiplying of pathological aggregation stages dissociated from decreased number of thrombocytes suggest a considerable influence of the proceeding of reversible hemorrhagic shock on the clotting system. It is concluded that the initial hypercoagulability is not causally related to the changes of platelet function, which represent a starting mechanism for the arising of consumptive reaction in protracted and irreversible shock.