Point-of-care testing in the cardiovascular operating theatre

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1060-1065

  Nydegger, Urs E ^a,b   Gygax, Erich ^a   Carrel, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Praxis Dr HG Walther   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood gas; Cardiotechnician; Coagulation; Extracorporeal bypass; Haematocrit; Heart surgery; Point of care testing; Thrombelastogram

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY;

BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ELECTROLYTES; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 33748556583     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2006.189     Document Type: Review

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