Fibrinogen concentrate therapy guided by thromboelastometry as an alternative to fresh frozen plasma in major vascular surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 654-659

  Morrison, Gary A ^a   Chalmers, Roderick T A ^a   Solomon, Cristina ^b   Nimmo, Alastair F ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Salzburger Landeskrankenhaus SALK ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

fibrinogen concentrate; fresh frozen plasma; thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FIBRINOGEN CONCENTRATE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HAEMOCOMPLETTAN P; HEPARIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION RISK; ISCHEMIA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; THORACOABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; VASCULAR SURGERY; VISCERAL ISCHEMIA;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; PLASMA; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84863439871     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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