Reproducibility of thrombelastometry (ROTEM ®): Point-of-care versus hospital laboratory performance

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 313-317

  Haas, Thorsten ^a   Spielmann, Nelly ^a   Mauch, Jacqueline ^a   Speer, Oliver ^a   Schmugge, Markus ^a   Weiss, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaesthesiology; Internal quality control; Point of care testing; Secondary haemostasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DEVICE; MALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBELASTOMETRY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; WHOLE BLOOD COAGULATION TIME;

EID: 84862857278     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2012.665474     Document Type: Article

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