Goal-directed hemostatic therapy using the rotational thromboelastometry in patients requiring emergent cardiovascular surgery

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 100-108

  Sartorius, Danièle ^a   Waeber, Jean Luc ^a   Pavlovic, Gordana ^a   Frei, Angela ^a   Diaper, John ^a   Myers, Patrick ^b   Cassina, Tiziano ^c   Licker, Marc ^a,d  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b University Hospital   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Cardiocentro Ticino ^*  (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular surgery; Postoperative bleeding; Rotational thromboelastometry

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOSTATIC AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GOAL DIRECTED HEMOSTATIC THERAPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATIONAL THROMBOELASTOMETRY; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WOUND INFECTION; ALGORITHM; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GOALS; HEMOSTASIS; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898460149     PISSN: 09719784     EISSN: 09745181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9784.129829     Document Type: Article

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