Thromboelastometry-guided intraoperative haemostatic management reduces bleeding and red cell transfusion after paediatric cardiac surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-102

  Nakayama, Y ^a   Nakajima, Y ^a   Tanaka, K A ^b   Sessler, D I ^c   Maeda, S ^a   Iida, J ^a   Ogawa, S ^a   Mizobe, T ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

blood coagulation; blood coagulation tests; blood transfusion; paediatrics

Indexed keywords

HEMOSTATIC AGENT;

BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; UTILIZATION;

BLOOD COAGULATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84925550728     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu339     Document Type: Article

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