Thromboelastography-guided therapy improves patient blood management and certain clinical outcomes in elective cardiac and liver surgery and emergency resuscitation: A systematic review and analysis

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 984-994

  Dias, João D ^a   Sauaia, Angela ^b   Achneck, Hardean E ^c   Hartmann, Jan ^c   Moore, Ernest E ^b  

^a Haemonetics SA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c HAEMONETICS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

blood coagulation; cardiovascular surgical procedures; elective surgical procedures; emergency treatment; thromboelastography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL OUTCOME; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY CARE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER SURGERY; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT CARE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY GUIDED THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADVERSE EVENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEMOSTASIS; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT, HEALTH CARE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RESUSCITATION; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 85065726801     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jth.14447     Document Type: Article

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