The TEG®6s on shaky ground? A novel assessment of the TEG®6s performance under a challenging condition

Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 26-29

  Gill, Martin ^a  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Thromboelastography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; THROMBOELASTOGRAPH; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; VISCOELASTICITY; ARTIFACT; BLOOD CLOTTING; DEVICE FAILURE; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIBRATION;

ARTIFACTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; VIBRATION;

EID: 85020886830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 29698960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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