Assessment of standard laboratory tests and rotational thromboelastometry for the prediction of postoperative bleeding in liver transplantation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 402-410

  Dotsch T M ^a   Dirkmann, D ^a   Bezinover, D ^b   Hartmann, M ^a   Treckmann, J W ^a   Paul, A ^a   Saner, F H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bleeding; coagulation factor; critical care; liver transplantation; point of care testing

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13 CONCENTRATE; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN CONCENTRATE; FIBROGAMIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN; PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY-DEPENDENT RENAL DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPHERESIS; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; PLATELET COUNT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 85029818397     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aex122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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