Is "intra-operating room" thromboelastometry useful in liver transplantation? A case-control study in 303 patients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3637-3639

  Alamo J M ^a   Leon A ^b   Mellado, P ^b   Bernal, C ^a   Marin L M ^a   Cepeda, C ^a   Suarez G ^a   Serrano, J ^a   Padillo, J ^a   Gomez M A ^a  

^a Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliopancreatic Surgery Unit   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INTRA OPERATING ROOM THROMBOELASTOMETRY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIMARY GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL;

BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890074177     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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