A prospective, randomized comparison of thromboelastographic coagulation profile in patients receiving lactated ringer's solution, 6% hetastarch in a balanced-saline vehicle, or 6% hetastarch in saline during major surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 441-446

  Martin, G ^a,b,c,d   Bennett Guerrero, E ^a,b,c,d   Wakeling, H ^a,b,c,d   Mythen, M G ^a,b,c,d   El Moalem, H ^a,b,c,d   Robertson, K ^a,b,c,d   Kucmeroski, D ^a,b,c,d   Gan, T J ^a,b,c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Anaesthesiology   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

6 hetastarch; Coagulation; Colloid; Crystalloid; Hemostasis; Surgery; Thromboelastography

Indexed keywords

HETASTARCH; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE; RINGER'S LACTATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; COLLOID; CRYSTALLOID; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BLOOD COAGULATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HETASTARCH; HUMANS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036021882     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcan.2002.125146     Document Type: Article

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