Consistency of thromboelastometry analysis under scrutiny: Results of a systematic evaluation within and between analysers

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1161-1166

  Nagler, Michael ^a   ten Cate, Hugo ^b   Kathriner, Silvio ^a   Casutt, Mattias ^c   Bachmann, Lucas M ^d   Wuillemin, Walter A ^a,e  

^a Central Haematology Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Anaesthesiology Intensive Care Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy Luzerner Kantonsspital ^*  (Switzerland)

^d MEDIGNITION INC   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Reliability; Reproducibility; Thromboelastometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYZER; APTEM TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXTEM TEST; FEMALE; FIBTEM TEST; HEMATOCRIT; HEPTEM TEST; HUMAN; INTEM TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTEM ANALYSER; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; HEMOSTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901949977     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH13-10-0870     Document Type: Article

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