Protocol Based on Thromboelastograph (TEG) Out-Performs Physician Preference Using Laboratory Coagulation Tests to Guide Blood Replacement During and After Cardiac Surgery: A Pilot Study

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 277-288

  Westbrook, Andrew J ^a   Olsen, Jodi ^a   Bailey, Michael ^b   Bates, John ^a   Scully, Michael ^a   Salamonsen, Robert F ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Cardiac surgery; Perioperative and postoperative haemostasis; Thromboelastograph

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN; PROTAMINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRECIPITATE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY;

AGED; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 67651048822     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2008.08.016     Document Type: Article

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