Summary
Studies of 11 patients with haemorrhagic stroke revealed no significant change in
kaolin cephalin clotting time, prothrombin time, thrombin time, PF 3 availability,
platelet count and factor V and VIII during the first week. Plasma fibrinogen was
significantly increased while factors VII+X were decreased (borderline significance).
Prolongation of plasma recalcification time and decrease in heparin tolerance reached
borderline significance. There was moderate, but significant, increase in serum antithrombin
activity and plasma (euglobulin fraction) fibrinolytic activity.
