Rotation thromboelastometry velocity curve predicts blood loss during liver transplantation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 741-748

  Tafur, L A ^a   Taura, P ^a   Blasi, A ^a   Beltran, J ^a   Martinez Palli, G ^a   Balust, J ^a   Garcia Valdecasas, J C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

clot formation; liver transplantation; thrombin generation; viscoelastic assays

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBRIN FORMATION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATION THROMBOELASTOMETRY; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; VELOCITY; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WAVEFORM; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 85040662408     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew344     Document Type: Article

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