Does Hextend impair coagulation compared to 6% hetastarch? an ex vivo thromboelastography study

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-230

  Weeks, David L ^a   Jahr, Jonathan S ^b   Lim, Jennifer C ^c   Butch, Anthony W ^b   Driessen, Bernd ^d  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

6 hetastarch in lactated ringer's solution (hextend); 6 hetastarch in normal saline injection; Coagulation; Thromboelastography (TEG)

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; HEMODILUTION; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; TENSILE STRENGTH; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; TIME; VEHICLES;

BLOOD COAGULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEMODILUTION; HETASTARCH; HUMANS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VEHICLES;

EID: 45949110779     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MJT.0b013e31815aec71     Document Type: Article

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