Thromboelastography (TEG®) compared to conventional coagulation tests in surgical patients - A laboratory evaluation

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 214-220

  Ågren, Anna ^a,b   Wikman, Agneta Taune ^a   Holmström, Margareta ^a   Östlund, Anders ^a   Edgren, Gustaf ^c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood coagulation; Blood coagulation factors; Blood coagulation tests; Thrombelastography; Whole blood coagulation time

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLATELET COUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84876115595     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2013.765960     Document Type: Article

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