04.18.2017 - By Saud
What are vasoelastic assays?
How do I read them?
What do I do?
Is it ready for primetime?
TEG VS ROTEM - the format wars.
Whats the future like?
Selected references:
Effect of thromboelastography (TEG®) and rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM®) on diagnosis of coagulopathy, transfusion guidance and mortality in trauma: descriptive systematic review
An assessment of clinical interchangeability of TEG and RoTEM thromboelastographic variables in cardiac surgical patients.
TEG and ROTEM: technology and clinical applications.
The use of viscoelastic haemostatic assays in goal-directing treatment with allogeneic blood products – A systematic review and meta-analysis
Point-of-Care Coagulation Tests Monitoring of Direct Oral Anticoagulants and Their Reversal Therapy: State of the Art.
What factor within the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine (JAAM) disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) criteria is most strongly correlated with trauma induced DIC? A retrospective study using thromboelastometry in a single center in Japan.
Hypercoagulability after distal pancreatectomy: Just meaningless alterations?
Traumatic Abdominal Solid Organ Injury Patients Might Benefit From Thromboelastography-Guided Blood Component Therapy
All the bang without the bucks: Defining essential point-of-care testing for traumatic coagulopathy.
Last but not least REBEL reviews.
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