The place of viscoelastic testing in clinical practice

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 37-48

  Hans, Gregory A ^a   Besser, Martin W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coagulation; ROTEM ; TEG ; Thromboelastography; Thromboelastometry

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ANTIVITAMIN K; CYTOCHALASIN D; DABIGATRAN; FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN; HEPARIN LYASE; INFUSORIAL EARTH; KAOLIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; RIVAROXABAN; WARFARIN;

BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DRUG MONITORING; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; HEMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HYPOFIBRINOGENEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; INJURY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE POOR PLASMA; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBOELASTOMETRY; VISCOELASTICITY; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES;

BLOOD COAGULATION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84958719601     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13930     Document Type: Review

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