鼻漏のレオロジー的研究

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Rhinorrhoea plays important roles clinically in diagnosing and treating diseases of nasal and paranasal sinuses. Using a cone-plate viscometer, which has been said to be capable of expressing the properties of non-newtonian fluid such as rhinorrhoea most accurately, the viscosity of rhinorrhoea was determined in 300 cases, in 71 of which biochemical analysis was also carried out, with following results. 1) At shear rate of less than 19.2 sec-1, the apparent viscosity of rhinorrhoea elevated rapidly, showing thixotropy phenomenon, pseudoplasticity and structural viscosity. The viscosity curve displayed a hysteresis loop. 2) The presence of yield value was confirmed in rhinorrhoea, with a mean of about 56 dyn/cm2 by Cone's ascending order as studied in 300 specimens in this study. 3) The viscosity of rhinorrhoea was found to be related to total protein, calcium, and water content, with especially close relations with the former two parameters. 4) Findings of maxillary X-ray membrane function test revealed that the better the excretory function is, the lower becomes the apparent viscosity of rhinorrhoea retained in the maxillary sinus.
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