Systematic evaluation of evidence on veterinary viscoelastic testing Part 2: Sample acquisition and handling

Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-36

  Flatland, Bente ^a   Koenigshof, Amy M ^b   Rozanski, Elizabeth A ^c   Goggs, Robert ^d   Wiinberg, Bo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^e NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cat; Dog; Thromboelastography; Thromboelastometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; DOG; EQUIPMENT; HORSE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBOELASTOMETRY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

CAT; DOG; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBOELASTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATS; DOGS; HORSES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84893096451     PISSN: 14793261     EISSN: 14764431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vec.12142     Document Type: Article

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