The effect of line flush heparin contamination on thromboelastograph trace analysis

Anaesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1381-1382

  Schulte, A ^a   Clark, M ^a  

^a ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL; HEPARIN;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL AUDIT; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; ULTRASOUND; BLOOD CLOTTING; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG EFFECT; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY;

BLOOD COAGULATION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 60249102272     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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