The use of thromboelastometry in the assessment of hemostatsis during orthotopic liver transplantation reduces the demand for blood products

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 19-24

  Trzebicki, Janusz ^a   Flakiewicz, Edyta ^a   Kosieradzki, Maciej ^a   BŁaszczyk, Beata ^a   KoŁacz, Marcin ^a   Jureczko, Lidia ^a   Pacholczyk, Marek ^a   Chmura, Andrzej ^a   BŁagiewska, Beata ^a   Lisik, Wojciech ^a   Wasiak, Dariusz ^a   Kosson, Dariusz ^a   Kwiatkowski, Artur ^a   Łazowski, Tomasz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aprotinin; Blood transfusion; Fibrinolysis; Liver transplantation; Thromboelastometry

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; APROTININ; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ADULT; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; APROTININ; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 79953218118     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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