Interoperator and intraoperator variability of whole blood coagulation assays: A comparison of thromboelastography and rotational thromboelastometry

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1550-1557

  Anderson, Lynne ^a   Quasim, Isma ^a   Steven, Mark ^a   Moise, Stephen F ^a   Shelley, Ben ^a,b   Schraag, Stefan ^a   Sinclair, Andrew ^a  

^a GOLDEN JUBILEE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

interindividual variation; near patient testing; thromboelastography; thromboelastometry

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; KAOLIN; PROTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATIONAL THROMBOELASTOMETRY; THROMBOELASTOGRAPH; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; BLOOD CLOTTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84919431100     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2014.05.023     Document Type: Article

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