Estimation of dabigatran plasma concentrations in the perioperative setting: An ex vivo study using dedicated coagulation assays

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 862-869

  Douxfils, Jonathan ^a   Lessire, Sarah ^a,b   Dincq, Anne Sophie ^b   Hjemdahl, Paul ^c   Rönquist Nii, Yuko ^c   Pohanka, Anton ^c   Gourdin, Maximilien ^b   Chatelain, Bernard ^b   Dogné, Jean Michel ^a   Mullier, François ^a,b  

^a University of Namur   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dabigatran; Guidelines; Monitoring; Perioperative

Indexed keywords

DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE; ANTITHROMBIN; DABIGATRAN;

ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; ELECTRONIC CREDIT APPLICATION KIT; HEMATOLOGY TEST KIT; HEMOCLOT THROMBIN INHIBITORS LOW KIT; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THROMBIN TIME; BLOOD; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANTITHROMBINS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DABIGATRAN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LINEAR MODELS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THROMBIN TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84930187338     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH14-09-0808     Document Type: Article

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