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Harmful or Physiologic: Diagnosing Fibrinolysis Shutdown in a Trauma Cohort With Rotational Thromboelastometry.
Anesthesia and analgesia - 1 Oct 2018
Gomez-Builes J Carolina, Acuna Sergio A, Nascimento Bartolomeu, Madotto Fabiana, Rizoli Sandro B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Despite its central role in early trauma coagulopathy, abnormal fibrinolysis continues to be poorly understood. Excessive fibrinolysis is a known contributor to mortality. Recent studies with thromboelastography (TEG) suggest decreased fibrinolysis (or shutdown) may be just as harmful. Considering the broad use of 2 different viscoelastic assays, which are not interchangeable, we proposed for the...
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