[Blood coagulation and blood electrolytes in obstructive jaundice]

An examination of 76 patients with obstructive jaundice of cholelithic and tumor origin indicated an association of manifest hypocoagulation properties of blood with the absolute kalium deficiency in blood. In 54 patients postoperatively following restoration of bile passage in the bowel a progressive decrease in kalium concentration and an increase of sodium in erythrocytes were associated with a simultaneous enhancement of coagulation properties, and vice versa an increased kalium and decreased sodium content in erythrocytes was associated with a hypocaugulation tendency. It is evident that activation or suppression of hemocoagulation is dependent on the state of multiple factors of blood coagulation system in altered electrolytic medium and on eletrolytic reconstruction of erythrocytes.