[A rapid turbidimetric micromethod in the determination of hemostatic and fibrinolytic disorders in arterial hypertension patients of different ages].

Disorders of haemostasis and fibrinolysis were studied in 54 patients of various age with arterial hypertension by turbidimetric express micromethod. Activation of coagulative system and inhibition of fibrinolytic activity tending to get more pronounced with age were found in patients with hypertonic disease at II stage and systolic arterial hypertension. Turbidimetry has considerable advantages: it can be performed rapidly, requires as much as 0.1 ml of plasma for the assay and provides complete information about the state of haemostasis and fibrinolysis. The method may be important in detecting minor signs of disseminated intravascular coagulation in patients with hypertonic disease.