Rapid thrombelastography (r-TEG) identifies hypercoagulability and predicts thromboembolic events in surgical patients

Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 764-774

  Kashuk, Jeffry L ^a   Moore, Ernest E ^a   Sabel, Allison ^b   Barnett, Carlton ^a   Haenel, James ^a   Le, Tuan ^b   Pezold, Michael ^a   Lawrence, Jerry ^a   Biffl, Walter L ^a   Cothren, C Clay ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY OCCLUSION; MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PELVIS INJURY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RAPID THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 70349313113     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.06.054     Document Type: Article

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