The role of thromboelastography in directing blood product usage in infant open heart surgery

Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 282-290

  Mendeloff, Eric N ^a,d   Glenn, George F ^a   Tavakolian, Paul ^b   Lin, Eugene ^b   Leonard, Allison ^b   Prince, Syma L ^b   Herbert, Morley A ^c  

^a Medical City Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute   (United States)

^c MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Congenital Heart Surgery Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Blood conservation; Thromboelastography.; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN; MEPREDNISONE; PROTAMINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRECIPITATE; FEMALE; FIBRIN FORMATION; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODILUTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 70349654006     PISSN: 15569845     EISSN: 15590879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e3181bbd4ff     Document Type: Article

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