The fibrinolytic system of bronchial asthma patients in the late terms of pregnancy

: Women suffering of infectious-dependent bronchial asthma show at the second half of pregnancy a sharp reduction of the fibrinolytic potential that is manifested in a decrease of plasminogen activator and urokinase activity of the urine, in an elevation of the antiactivator and antiplasmin activity, growth of the concentration of alpha2-macroglobulins. At the same time high levels of fibrinogen are noted and low levels of fibrin degradation.