Perioperative reliability of an on-site prothrombin time assay under different haemostatic conditions

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 533-536

  Zalunardo, Marco P ^a   Zollinger, Andreas ^a   Seifert, Burkhardt ^b   Patti, Matthias ^a   Pasch, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood coagulation; Blood, haemostasis; Measurement techniques, coagulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0031669536     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/81.4.533     Document Type: Article

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