The use of viscoelastic haemostatic assays in non-cardiac surgical settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 235-243

  Franchini, Massimo ^a,b   Mengoli, Carlo ^a   Cruciani, Mario ^c   Marietta, Marco ^d   Marano, Giuseppe ^a   Vaglio, Stefania ^a,e   Pupella, Simonetta ^a   Veropalumbo, Eva ^a   Masiello, Francesca ^a   Liumbruno, Giancarlo M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Infection Control Committee   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allogeneic blood transfusion; Bleeding; ROTEM; TEG; Viscoelastic assay

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; VISCOELASTICITY; BLOOD; PROCEDURES;

HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 85046116697     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2018.0003-18     Document Type: Review

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