Version 2.80

Term Description

Plasma and serum viscosity measurements are used in the clinical management of patients with hyperviscosity syndrome, which is caused by a variety of clinical diagnoses, such as polycythemia, Waldenström macroglobulinemia, multiple myeloma, and occasional cases of rheumatoid arthritis, SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus, hyperfibrinogenemia and leukemia. Common symptoms of hyperviscosity are, bleeding, visual signs or symptoms, and neurologic deficits. The viscosity at which symptoms develop is variable, but they rarely appear below a serum or plasma viscosity of 3 cP. Viscosity is reported in units defined as "rel to H2O", and are expressed in centipoise (cP). PMID: 16830959 Whole blood viscosity is increased in polycythemia, rouleau formation, and other conditions listed for serum and plasma, but may be of limited clinical value because of the differences in shear rates between the instrument and in vivo conditions.[Tietz]

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Viscosity
Property
Visc
Time
Pt
System
Ser
Scale
Qn
Method

Additional Names

Long Common Name
Viscosity of Serum
Short Name
Visc Ser
Display Name
Viscosity (S) [Visc]
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
Viscosity, Blood

Basic Attributes

Class
SPEC
Type
Laboratory
First Released
Version 1.0
Last Updated
Version 2.73 (MIN)
Order vs. Observation
Both
Common Test Rank Get Info
3111

Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
el-GR Greek (Greece) Ιξώδες:Visc:Pt:Ορός:Qn:
Synonyms: Visc Ιξώδες
es-AR Spanish (Argentina) viscosidad:viscosidad:punto en el tiempo:suero:cuantitativo:
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Viscosidad:Viscosidad:Punto temporal:Suero:Qn:
Synonyms: Cuantitativo
es-MX Spanish (Mexico) Viscosidad:Viscosidad:Punto temporal:Suero:Cuantitativo:
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Viskoossus:Visc:Pt:S:Qn:
Synonyms: Juhuslik Kvantitatiivne Seerum Viskoossus
fr-CA French (Canada) Viscosité:Viscosité:Temps ponctuel:Sérum:Quantitatif:
fr-FR French (France) Viscosité:Viscosité:Ponctuel:Sérum:Numérique:
fr-BE French (Belgium) Viscosité:Viscosité:Temps ponctuel:Sérum:Quantitatif:
it-IT Italian (Italy) Viscosità:Viscosità:Pt:Siero:Qn:
Synonyms: Caratteristiche campione Punto nel tempo (episodio) Siero Viscosità
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) viscositeit:viscositeit:moment:serum:kwantitatief:
pt-BR Portuguese (Brazil) Viscosidade:Visc:Pt:Soro:Qn:
Synonyms: Vicos; Viscos; Point in time; Random; Serum; SR; Quantitative; QNT; Quant; Quan
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Вязкость:Вязк:ТчкВрм:Сыв:Колич:
Synonyms: Вязкость Количественный Сыворотка Точка во времени;Момент
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Vizkozite:Vizk:Zmlı:Ser:Kant:
uk-UA Ukrainian (Ukraine) В'язкість:В'язкість:МоментЧасу:Сироватка:Кількісно:
Synonyms: Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; Serum; SPEC; SR; UniversalLabOrders; Vicos; Viscos; Viscosity
zh-CN Chinese (China) 粘性:粘度属性:时间点:血清:定量型:
Synonyms: 可用数量表示的;定量性;数值型;数量型;连续数值型标尺 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 标本;标本信息;标本类 粘度;粘度型属性;粘稠度;粘稠度型属性;粘稠度属性 粘度;粘滞度;粘稠度;胶粘性;黏度;黏性;黏滞性

Example Units

Unit Source
centipoise U REGENSTRIEF
cP Example UCUM Units
relative to H2O REGENSTRIEF
RV REGENSTRIEF

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